Current Issues: Escape – Lesson 4 – Computer and Internet Behaviors

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ESCAPE:  Lesson 4 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:The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.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”.