Hope in Recovery

In our dysfunction we've found a lot of different ways to escape our pain and the things we feel. As we grow in our recovery we learn that we need a different kind of escape - escape from temptation and our old habits. But how do we develop a new type of "escape plan" for our lives? (Part 5 of 6)

It's so important to ask ourselves what health needs to look like in our personal recovery. What are the behaviors and activities that I need to stay away from? What positive things do I need to add? Today we continue our conversation on building a healthy escape plan. (Part 4 of 6)

Boundaries may place limits on certain parts of our lives, but those limits actually free us to live in ways that allow us to step into the abundance of life God promised us. Today we press further in to what it looks like to find deeper freedom by saying, "It's not wise for me to go there." (Part 3 of 6)

What does it mean to "be careful so that we don't fall"? A healthy recovery needs healthy boundaries when it comes to the people, places, and things that trip us up. Today we continue our conversation on a healthy escape plan by getting practical. (Part 2 of 6)

Lasting Recovery is rooted in wisdom, not strength. One of the best things we can do is build a strategic plan for our recovery that keeps us from getting stuck. Over the next several weeks we'll talk through what it looks like to develop a healthy escape plan. (Part 1 of 6)

Pastors are supposed to "have it all together", right? Well, turns out we all have hurts, no matter where we lead. That's why Celebrate Recovery has a wing called "CPR" - Celebrate Pastor's Recovery. Today we'll talk about why it's so important and how it makes healthier churches.

We can hear often in recovery about a struggle called "codependency" - and maybe someone has even told us that we might be dealing with it ourselves. But what in the world is it? What does it mean? And if it is a part of our story, how do we move forward?

What needs to change for in order for deep change to take root in our lives? Some would say our mind needs to change before our heart, others might say that our mind can't change until our heart is moved. But is it that simple?

Addiction to pornography is an increasingly common and tough struggle to battle in our world today. It can feel hopeless, but freedom is possible. Eric's story is a powerful answer to the question, "Can God Heal a Pornography Addiction?"

Sometimes we can view our emotions as the enemy, but what if they really are a gift from God? How does the process of Celebrate Recovery help us to understand our hearts and grow our emotional health?

The greatest evidence of God's work is a changed life. We talk to Justin about how Celebrate Recovery has changed his life and how God is now using him in CR's student ministry, The Landing.

What does healing really look like when it comes to addictions? What are the internal messages or even the external things that we can be doing to ultimately move us from believing that God can't change to hope that He really is willing and able to change my life?

How do we understand how a relapse happens? Are there key indicators, red flags, or even a noticeable progression that leads to the ultimate catastrophe of falling back into our old behaviors? We'll dig into all this as we discuss the subtle drift that can breed a relapse.

There's so much damage that can be done when we allow addiction to run our lives with its loss of control, shame spirals, fantasies, and obsessions. Today we'll hear how God can rescue and redeem us from those entrenched cycles of dysfunction through Terry's story of hope and redemption from gambling addiction.

Continuing our conversation around addictions and how in our pain we end up creating an emotional black hole in our hearts that keeps us from connecting with God and others. But there is always hope to address the dysfunction so that we can move forward.

We say often that 1 out 3 people that come to Celebrate Recovery struggle with some sort of an addiction - everything else are all the things around them. But it's so important to understand how addictions take root and keep us stepping into the life God intends for us.

What's the big deal with the Serenity Prayer? Is it just something that we prayer every week just because? Maybe there's something to this familiar prayer that can help us grasp what true serenity is.

What do you do as you experience a string of relapses? How do we keep getting back up and not lose heart? Today we talk about how to keep moving forward without losing hope.

Commitment is essential to be fully engaged in this process. But what are the reasons why we might not fully buy-in to this recovery journey, and what might the cost of that be?

One of the greatest keys to the healing of this recovery journey is forgiveness. But if that's the case, why is it so hard to do?

You've been working your journey of recovery and you've been seeing growth and progress, but the people closest to you aren't able to see that change. How do we handle that and allow it to move us closer to Jesus?

Sometimes grief can come up when we come to the realization that we need to remove our old negative coping strategies from our lives. This grieving process is an interesting dynamic in recovery and can be a real struggle for many.

Worship is such a powerful gift and actually becomes a lifestyle through recovery. Today we explore how worship can express God's rewriting of our heart as we hear two songs written out of the recovery experience.

Concealing vs. confessing, there's a big difference between the two. One keeps us stuck and steals away our life, the other leads to life, freedom, and hope.

Perfectionism is one of those things that can trip us up quickly if we're not careful. It keeps us from living out the plan God has given us and moving forward in health. So what does it look like to live in this world without falling into the trap of perfectionism?