Five Factors of Addiction can be explained as follows: Biological Factors • Genetic vulnerability • Individual biology • Coping with undiagnosed or untreated medical or mental health issues • Repeated use leads to lasting changes in the brain - … [Read more...]

Relationships: God’s Plan • With God • With ourselves • Within families and others   Relationships: With God • We are meant to have a real and vital relationship with God. • This relationship becomes our “source” of real life! • We are … [Read more...]

Here’s the thing. Your beliefs about yourself are absolutely, totally, and inextricably tied to your recovery. Why? Because recovery from addiction is only successful when we believe that we are valuable — that we are worth loving. Because … [Read more...]

Shame is a complicated emotion. In a very healthy way we can feel ashamed of something we have done because our behavior doesn’t match up with what we value or believe. We sense that there is a disconnect between who we are and what we do — an … [Read more...]