Real Recovery

Acknowledging you need help is the first step in recovery.  Bill and George explore this and comment on how God is bigger than addiction and can help!  Then, T. Windahl shares her story of breaking free from addiction and being healed from cancer.  Her book is [amazon text=Abiding Hope&asin=1939881102].

The twelfth step of recovery involves sharing your transformative deliverance story to help others break free of their addictions. Bill and George discuss this and then talk with Henry, who meets addicts on their level and sees people come to Christ through his testimony.

Turning your will and life over to God is step three in recovery. George and Bill talk about this and then hear Jack's testimony, which involves going from a lavish life of riches, travel, and alcohol to nearly losing his marriage to finding sobriety and lasting joy in Jesus.

Bill and George explain how the 12 steps in recovery are actually a pathway to lasting sobriety. Then, they talk with Justin Lakemacher , program manager at Redemption House in Minnetrista, MN about how God can help in the struggle to stay sober.

Bill and George discuss how the 12 steps of recovery all truly point to a relationship with Jesus. Then, they talk with former Salvation Army Chaplain Dave Johnson, who shares his story of growing up with an alcoholic father.

Step one in addiction recovery involves admitting that you are powerless over your addiction and need help. Bill and George discuss this and then talk with Erin, who lost her son Chad to a heroin addiction but found healing in Jesus.

Bill and George welcome their friend Lyla, who tells her story of going through a marriage where alcoholism was the focus of everything, until she truly reached out to God and found a new life.

George and Bill look at what it means to grow along spiritually in recovery and become more like Jesus. Then, they talk with Tim, who shares how amazingly God has worked in and through him since he got sober.

Bill and George talk with Grammy Award-winning recording artist Russ Taff and his wife Tori. They share Russ' journey from childhood to becoming a hugely successful musician while battling addiction and depression. Russ' book is I Still Believe .

The first step in recovery is admitting that you are powerless to drugs and/or alcohol. George and Bill discuss this and then talk with Dr. Tim Walsh from Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge .  Also, Troy shares his amazing testimony of deliverance.

George and Bill look at steps 10 and 11 in recovery which involve taking a personal inventory and examining your spiritual walk.  They then talk with Jeremy Floyd who is a recovering addict currently walking across America ministering to people in need.

George and Bill discuss the last step in recovery of realizing what God has done for you and then sharing it with others.  Then, Jim shares his story of having a spiritual awakening and finding deliverance from alcoholism.

Bill and George discuss how the 12 steps of AA point people to Christ and unpack the first three steps. Then, Vicky shares her story of going from being helpless in addiction to overcoming temptations with Christ's help.

Bill and George look at why Jesus is the key to recovering from addiction.  Then they talk with David who received healing from his past and stepped into authentic living when he found a relationship with Jesus.

Bill and George discuss the need for addicts to recognize that a power greater than themselves can restore them to sanity.  Then, Nicky shares her story of finding rescue and restoration in Jesus.

The third step of recovery is turning your will and life over to the care of God. Bill and George explore this and then talk with Kelly. He was living in darkness before stepping into the light of God's love.

Admitting our past wrongs due to addiction is not easy, but it is necessary and step 5 of the recovery process.  Bill and George discuss this and then talk with Christian who was near death due to overdose, but miraculously survived.

George and Bill look at Step 2 in the recovery process involving acknowledging a higher power. Then, Dr. Tim Walsh from Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge considers why some people stay sober while others don't and how to find lasting hope.

Bill and George welcome Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church, as he shares how his life of cars, girls, drugs and money weren't enough. God had a bigger mission on his heart.

Redemption. Forgiveness. Grace. These are things we all want, and they're a huge part of Donnie's story.

David Carlson shares the amazing promise of new life that God offers to everyone--no sin too great, no sinner too far away to find.

When God saves us, He always has a job for us to do: Hear how Saul Selby came out of his own addiction and now helps others in recovery through Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge. 

Being raised in the church didn't stop Brennan from developing addictions. He reached the point where he thought drugs were "better than life itself."  But God continued to relentlessly pursue him with His love, which is truly better than life.

Kevin went from 300 pounds to 175. But that's what it took for him to find Christ and recovery.

In our darkest hour, God can hear us and help us. Jamie shares his struggle with addiction and the night he cried out to God to save his life.