Addiction Recovery is Obtainable

What is your topic/concern?

• Addiction

What are your initial thoughts and feelings about the subject? 

• My initial thoughts about this is how relevant it is in our day that we are tempted and easily addiction to many things. Some popular ones would be technology, in many forms, pornography, video games, social media, etc... another would be substance abuse, drugs (prescribed or not) and alcohol. 

How familiar are you with this topic/concern? 

• I am semi familiar with the topic, I know there are aspects that I could learn more about. 

• In my case the first step I would take would be to take it to my father in heaven, then I would look online at the church's addiction recovery program, I know that many like myself would feel embarrassed to go in to a recovery program. So if after a while it would 

• Yes, I think the best thing to do is to turn to the atonement and get the help from your priesthood leaders. I think knowing the Christ has also felt all our pain and suffering should bring some peace to our hearts. 

• https://www.facingaddiction.org/ I choose this site because it I wanted to see what the world and science have found to be helpful when it comes to overcoming.  

•  https://www.treehouserehab.org/ This one was interesting because they have  24 hour chat as well as a information on specific drug information.

• https://www.lds.org/topics/addiction?lang=eng Lastly I choose the church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints website because as much as scientific methods are use so are spiritual and turning to christ is pushed.   

• "Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself."- 2 Nephi 2:27

• This scripture proves to me that we are free to make choices but it is because of our agency that we choose our end path. If we choose to make the wrong choices then we will be miserable. 

Whether you have or haven't dealt with this topic/concern before, how would you begin to go about living life with the concern? Where would you go to find resources for help? What steps would you take for spiritual help and guidance? Have you or any close family members or friends faced these concerns before? (I am not asking you to share personal details- just YES/NO) What have you (or they) done to keep their faith strong while dealing with these concerns?  
Find and paste 3 links to sites that may be able to give you helpful, credible information for facing this challenge. Be a bit source critical in your search. In addition to these links, please write a sentence or two of why you chose the site, how could it help you deal with the problem. 
Finally, find one scripture that would give comfort to someone who has this concern and wonders why God would allow it to happen. Write any other thoughts with this scripture (as if you were giving comfort to yourself or family member on a future day).