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2025 Newsletter Highlights: A Year of Healing, Growth, and Hope As we reflect on 2025,…

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2025 Newsletter Highlights: A Year of Healing, Growth, and Hope As we reflect on 2025,…

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Help replenish HopeQuest scholarship funds through Building Hope 2025. Gifts made by December 31 are…
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HopeQuest CEO Troy Haas shares his monthly message from the heart….
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December 2025 Newsletter: The Roots of Addiction, Building Hope Match, CF Highlights & More…
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Real change requires more than surface-level effort. Troy Haas shares how digging beneath the surface…
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HopeQuest CEO Troy Haas shares his monthly message from the heart….
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What Hope Means Hope is central to everything we do at HopeQuest. Recently, we invited…

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Discover how HopeQuest staff define hope and the Scriptures that shape their belief in healing,…
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A Message from Troy October 2025 Dear Friend, Hope is not a strategy. Simply longing…

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Interrupting the Cycle of Sexual Addiction: Emotion Regulation in Recovery Inspired by a Presentation Facilitated…

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True freedom from sexual addiction begins not with willpower, but with learning to face emotions…
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The Silent Suffering of Spouses Written by Melissa Haas, MAMFT, LPC, CSAT, CMAT, CCBRT Something…

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Relationships are necessary for our healing and growth, but as spouses, we often choose unsafe…

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Greater Access, Greater Hope: Making Treatment More Accessible At HopeQuest, our mission has always been…

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A Message from Troy August 2025 Dear Friend, Last month I promised you big news,…

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Greater Access, Greater Hope: Making Treatment More Accessible At HopeQuest, our mission has always been…

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Cornflakes and Tomatoes: The Journey from Knowledge to Wisdom Written by Troy Haas, M.Div., CADC-II,…

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A Message from Troy July 2025 Dear Friend, Every summer, as Melissa and I celebrate…

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Navigating Communication and Conflict in Marriage Inspired by a Presentation Facilitated by Troy and Melissa…

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A Message from Troy June 2025 Dear Friend, There have been two separate incidents in…

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A Measurable Start, A Lifelong Journey: How HopeQuest Defines Success Written by Seth Harris, CARES,…

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A Message from Troy May 2025 Dear HopeQuest Family, All I wanted was for our…

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Expanding Access to Christ-Centered, Clinically Effective Care: Why HopeQuest Launched the High-Intensity Outpatient Program (HIOP)…

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4 Critical Factors for Choosing the Right Addiction Treatment Program Written by Troy Haas, M.Div,…

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A Message from Troy April 2025 Dear HopeQuest Family, Tomorrow is Good Friday. While I…

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The Wrong Target: Rethinking Our Response to Addiction Written by Jonathan Criswell Our personal perspectives…

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A Message from Troy March 2025 Dear HopeQuest Family, I’m starting this message with an…

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Unlearn & Relearn: A Call for Compassion and Change Written by Jacques Kisula We would…

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A Message from Troy February 2025 Dear HopeQuest Family, Have you ever wondered if you…