Current Issues: Escape – Lesson 3 – Fantasy Proxy Relationships

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/escape-lesson-3-fantasy-proxy-relationships/"><strong>website</strong></a>.</p><p>ESCAPE:  Lesson 3 of 4.</p><p>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:</p><ol><li>The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.</li><li>Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.</li><li>Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.</li><li>Computer and internet behaviors. Focus: gambling, shopping, surfing, smartphones.</li></ol><p>The importance of not being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2), or falling prey to the many tempting avenues of “escape”.</p>