Focus on the Family Canada

Marriage is not easy. It constantly requires adjustments,...

It all began innocently...

When my wife announced that she was leaving, I felt like I had been punched in the gut. Sure,...

Two years ago, we made the...

"My son just told us he thinks he is gay. My husband is angry...

The main purpose of any addiction is to escape emotional pain – the pain of feeling...

It has long been accepted by the medical and counselling professions that alcoholism is a...

Compulsive gambling is a widespread problem of addiction. There are thousands of compulsive...

The disease of drug addiction can be put into full remission with treatment, but first the...

There is no cure for alcoholism – once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Fortunately,...

There is hope for recovery from sexual addiction. Recovery...

A gambling addiction is an irrational compulsion to gamble despite negative consequences. What...

Drug addiction is like any other addiction: it is a progressive disease with specific symptoms...

Addiction is a prominent contributing factor in the development...

Our family of origin is the family we were born or adopted into. It’s the people who raise us...

Workaholism, like any addiction, is difficult to admit – especially since working is a...

Every woman who becomes pregnant or adopts a child hopes for a healthy baby. Many pray fervently...

 "I never realized that grieving was about more than just someone dying," a...

Don’t say it can never happen to you. It almost happened to me. I was in a particularly...

Although people often talk about "appropriate boundaries," I wonder if many people really...