Patterns of Addiction: What to Watch for and What to Do with Dr. Tim Clinton

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

How do you know if a habit has become an addiction? And what do you do if it has? What causes us to become addicted? There are a lot of questions about this issue, and my friend Dr. Tim Clinton from the American Association of Christian Counselors is here to help us with the answers and offer resources if you’re looking for a place to go. The Lord’s desire is to set us free.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. We have been through
0:06.1	a hellish last five years, I think as a nation certainly around the world. And I am hearing
0:12.2	from more and more of you who are struggling with depression and anxiety. Really, for lack of a
0:17.8	better word, a lot of it's just PTSD from all the garbage that we all
0:22.0	live through collectively, whether it's the Rona or loss of jobs, political unrest, you name it.
0:28.0	I think there's a lot of just angst in the air right now.
0:31.5	And I have invited a really good friend of mine to come on the show today.
0:34.9	Dr. Tim Clinton is here.
0:36.5	He is the president of the American
0:39.0	Association of Christian Counselors, an extraordinary human being. I met him many years ago when I
0:44.0	was on Dr. Dobson's show. And we're going to be talking about patterns of addiction. How do you
0:49.4	know if you're struggling to the point of being addicted, how do you break free from addictions?
0:54.4	What causes us to be addicted to things, whether it's video games or alcohol or pornography or
0:59.4	whatever it is?
1:00.3	But not only are we going to talk about that, we're going to talk about how God will help us
1:04.0	to break free.
1:05.6	The Lord wants to set you free.
1:07.1	The Bible says that where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
1:10.7	This is going
1:11.0	to be a great conversation with my friend, Dr. Tim Clinton. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. Stick
1:15.5	around. I think you're going to be encouraged. Welcome to the show, you guys.
1:28.6	I'm glad that you're here.
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