Douglas Jacoby Podcast

Current Issues: Escape – Lesson 3 – Fantasy Proxy Relationships

Episode Summary

Douglas continues his series on Current Issues, today looking at the topic of Escape – Fantasy Proxy Relationships. This Podcast was published on Jun 24, 2014.

Episode Notes

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ESCAPE:  Lesson 3 of 4.

Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here’s the provisional plan:

1. The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.
2. Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.
3. Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.
4. Computer and internet behaviors. Focus: gambling, shopping, surfing, smartphones.

The importance of not being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2), or falling prey to the many tempting avenues of “escape”.