Many of Lee University's alumni finish college and go on to pursue various careers that take them to different places around the world. Christian author and Internet expert Stephen O. Watters is no different.

Stephen, an Internet project manager and research analyst for Focus on the Family, recently had a book published entitled "Real Solutions for Overcoming Internet Addictions." This book is a part of The Real Solutions Series, which provides the wisdom and help people need to deal with common, difficult problems. The book was published by Servant Publications and is on bookstore shelves now.

"This will be the first book of its kind in the Christian community to address Internet addictions ranging from online games, auctions and e-mail, to the larger problems associated with Internet pornography," said Stephen.

The book is targeted for people concerned that their child, their college student, their spouse, or themselves are developing real addictions online -- and are in need of real solutions. Stephen's book helps to diagnose compulsive behavior and looks specifically at online shopping and trading, chat rooms, computer games, gambling, and sexuality.

"Steve Watters' book is not just informative but necessary," said J. Budziszewski at the University of Texas at Austin. "As the author of a column in an online magazine for Christian young people, I've been startled by the volume of e-mail I receive from readers secretly in bondage to Internet pornography -- an addiction all the more difficult to break because the 'fix' is just a click away on machines they can't avoid. For them, porn on the World Wide Web isn't about 'free speech' but about enslavement, and degradation. I've wished I had more help for them. With this book, now I do."

Shortly after moving to Colorado, he and his wife, Candice, created Boundless.org, an exclusive online webzine that explores current topics and worldview issues for college students. Candice was named editor and Stephen moved on to new web projects for Focus on the Family in his role as an Internet Research Analyst. During this time, he launched two websites -- CitizenLink.org and PureIntamacy.org.

"A lot of the inspiration for Boundless.org came directly from Lee University and the verse that (Lee University President) Dr. Paul Conn signed in my Bible of Ephesians 3:18. This scripture was so ingrained in my Lee experience that it has become a life verse for things I get excited about."

Stephen, his wife, and their growing family currently resides in Monument, Colo., just outside Colorado Springs.

Taken from the Lee University Website.