Freedom

Personal testimonies are beneficial for two very important reasons. First, it shows the PROGRESS someone has made in their recovery. It doesn’t mean they have arrived at a final destination because we know that recovery is a “journey” and not a destination. Secondly, testimonies give HOPE to others who are working on their recovery issues whether they have just started or [...]

Celebrate Recovery leader Doug will be speaking on April 26 and May 3 to help us focus on our Spiritual Inventory. Most of us don’t like to look within ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that we know has bad news. But we need to remember to keep our evaluation, [...]

Guest Speaker on Toxic Shame  Tim Hofmann, Pastor of Marriage and Family Ministries, will be speaking on the topic of “Toxic Shame” this Friday at Celebrate Recovery. Every day we make dozens of choices about the way we are going to live our lives. Living as imperfect people in a fallen world, we sometimes choose [...]

Your inventory needs to be on paper. Yes, that’s right. Writing (or typing) will help you organize your thoughts and focus on recalling events that you may repress or forget. Remember you are not going through this alone. In recovery you are developing your support team to guide you; but even more importantly you are [...]

The road to recovery is not meant to be traveled alone. You will find that you actually need three relationships. Most important is a relationship with Jesus Christ. In addition, you need the relationship of your recovery group and lastly you need the relationship of a sponsor and/or accountability partner. Identifying a sponsor or accountability partner is especially important [...]

CR leader Barbara brings the lesson on ACTION this week. Almost everyone knows the difference between right and wrong, but most people don’t like making decisions. We often just follow the crowd because it’s easier than making the decision to do what we know is right. We therefore procrastinate on making commitments that will allow change to [...]

Why is it so hard for us to trust our lives to the care of God, whose eye is always on us? For us to turn from our hurts, hang ups and habits we must make a choice, and not leave it to chance. It is that decision that determines our destiny. It is a [...]

Insanity has been defined as “doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result each time.” Sanity, on the other hand, has been defined as “wholeness of mind; making decisions based on the truth.” In our last lesson we learned that Hope comes when we believe that a power greater than ourselves, our Higher Power, Jesus [...]

Hope is openness to change. Sometimes we are afraid to change, even if our past was painful. We resist change because of our fear of the unknown, or, in our despair, we think we don’t deserve anything better. Here’s the good news: Hope opens doors where despair closes them! Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what [...]

Christian counselor Jerry Law will be speaking at Celebrate Recovery Friday, February 1, on the topic of “Marijuana – Medicine or Myth”. Jerry is in private practice and specializes in recovery intervention. With his many years of experience he offers deep insight into addiction issues and struggles. Join with us at 7 p.m.to hear about this increasingly relevant [...]