Life Recovery Today with Stephen Arterburn

Steve Arterburn discusses three choices that are essential in recovery: the choice to face your feelings; the choice to persevere, and the choice to remain humble. 

Steve Arterburn shares about the crucial role that connection and forgiveness play in the Recovery process.

Steve Arterburn discusses the importance of forgiveness in the recovery process and explains how grieving is a vital step that leads to lasting forgiveness.

Steve Arterburn explains how Jesus’ teachings incorporate 4 absolutes that are essential in Recovery: honesty; purity; unselfishness; and love, as well as the role that wisdom plays in maintaining sobriety.  

Steve Arterburn discusses the Biblical principles that support changes that last and shares how they apply to achieving lasting success in weight loss. 

Steve Arterburn identifies signs that transformation is needed. He shares the emotional states that keep people stuck and explains how the transformation process occurs

Deciding to seek help leads to freedom, but first requires knowing the truth about who you really are and how you got there. Steve Arterburn shares insight on how to make both of these healing choices.  

Those who turn to food or porn to numb out pain often find themselves addicted to what they perceived as a source of relief. Steve Arterburn urges addressing the root of pain rather than numbing it and how a recovery process helps leads to freedom. 

Dr. Dave Stoop continues in his message on the opioid epidemic and how it touched his family through his son’s heroin addiction. Dave shares 5 things he learned during the painful 10 years of his son’s addiction, including how Speaker Meetings helped. 

In part 1 of a sermon preached at Northview Church, Dr. Dave Stoop discusses the magnitude of the opioid crisis, sharing the personal story of his son’s 10 yr heroin addiction, the impact on his family, and his path to sobriety. 

Steve Arterburn shares what you need - and don’t need – to overcome the challenges of today so you can experience the tomorrow you hope for.

In our fallen world, we all have at least one extreme limitation. Steve Arterburn shares the biblical principle of sharing your pain and struggles with another person and the integral role of doing so in recovery.

Dr. Alice Benton shares wisdom about 3 diverse topics: how to handle suicidal threats; help for females drawn to porn and infidelity; and how to encourage healthy screen time habits in kids. 

Steve Arterburn shares what is needed for change to occur and provides encouragement that despite our own defective strategies, we can be made perfect in Christ. 

Steve Arterburn addresses codependency, explaining what codependency is and is not, how to recognize the signs of being codependent, the impact of being codependent on yourself and others, and steps to take to resolve this issue.  

Drawing on Recovery principles and his personal experience, Steve Arterburn shares how the recovery process can move a person from the feelings of shame that a divorce can bring to becoming whole and healthy again.

Steve Arterburn shares ways to get out of the shame of addiction and into the grace and mercy God has for us all, reminding us that working recovery provides the gift of hope. 

Steve Arterburn, Sam Fraser, Bod Sklar, and Dairek Morgan share about different aspects of sexual addiction and recovery. 

Steve Arterburn provides insight on how to deal with shame in compulsive addiction and shares about “The 4 Absolutes”, which were principles adopted by the Oxford Group to help everyone live a Christ-like life- and experience life to the full. 

In celebration of the 100th episode, Steve Arterburn highlights some of the top insights on recovery shared by past guests.

Becky Brown provides insight on how to handle regrets, fears, and problematic relationships with your adult children, sharing how the application of recovery principles can help with each of these issues.

Chris Williams addresses what it takes to be relationally healthy, sharing how shame and stress factor into our relationships.

Milan Yerkovich shares thoughts on 2 things those in recovery often wonder: where is God, and how can I help prevent teens from falling into addiction.

Forgiveness is a crucial part of the Recovery process but is a struggle for many. Dr. Alice Benton lays out specific steps to take to forgive others, and Becky Brown share about the difficult task of forgiving yourself. 

Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris explains how trauma in past generations can impact our current family system and shares about “trauma triggers”. She offers ways to address past trauma and identify triggers for healthier and more connected relationships.