Posts Tagged ‘Sobriety’
What Does Dunamis Have to Do with Addiction Recovery?
The person struggling for sobriety often lives in a frustrating cycle—moving back and forth between abstinence and relapse for months, years, and sometimes even decades. From the outside, it can look like a life wasted. But God doesn’t waste anything. Not the setbacks, not the relapses, and not even the years spent stuck in the…
Read MoreI’m Sober — Why Don’t People Trust Me? Rebuilding Trust After Addiction
Why Doesn’t Sobriety Automatically Restore Trust? You’ve stopped using. You’re going to meetings. You’re trying to rebuild your life. Maybe for the first time in years, you feel clear-headed and hopeful. So when the people closest to you still seem guarded, skeptical, or even cold, it stings. You want to say, “Can’t you see I’m…
Read MoreChildren of Addicted Parents: Hope for Healing Families
Addiction affects families deeply—especially children. Healing is possible through awareness, faith, and supportive community.
Read MoreThe Serenity Prayer Isn’t About Coping — It’s About Power: The Christian Meaning of the Serenity Prayer
Discover the Christian meaning behind the Serenity Prayer and its power in recovery.
Read MoreChristians and AA: Faith, History, and the 12 Steps
Should Christians Go to AA Meetings? It’s one of the most common questions Christians ask when addiction enters their life or the life of someone they love: Is Alcoholics Anonymous compatible with Christianity? Some Christians are warned to stay away from AA because of its references to a “higher power.” Others are told it can…
Read MoreHow Churches Can Provide “A Way Out” of Addiction
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”— 1 Corinthians 10:13 Few challenges facing today’s churches are as…
Read MorePost-Traumatic Growth: Finding Your Tribe in Recovery
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fit in at church—or even that you’re not really wanted there—you’re not alone. In my work in addiction, I hear this all the time. People tell me they grew up with some kind of religion, but when life got messy, they felt like the church didn’t want them…
Read MoreTeaching Lessons Used in the Recovery World
When people enter recovery, their brains often are not functioning well. Their thinking is so clouded that they are sometimes diagnosed as delusional. The truth is, we all get confused from time to time, and small phrases of truth can help us navigate stormy waters. Support groups rely heavily on these sayings to penetrate cloudy…
Read MoreThe Promises of a New Life in Sobriety
In many meetings of AA, there is a scheduled reading (frequently toward the beginning of the meeting) of what are known as “The Promises.” To be more accurate, they are the 9th Step Promises, and many long-time attendees can recite them by heart. In short, they are a brief list of the many things a…
Read MoreRecovering Thanksgiving
An article I read the other day lamented that the holiday of Thanksgiving has become just another secular excuse to miss work, overeat, and drink beer while binge-watching football. For most in the United States, the days of dedicating time to recounting one’s blessings and expressing gratitude to God for the abundance many of us…
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