Four Key Characteristcs Define the Essence of Living Recovery

1. Openness to Challenge
A life of total dedication to truth is what living recovery is all about. We believe healing begins as people establish a kinship and learn the benefit of developing the emotional strength to accept and learn from the constructive criticism of people who care. The resulting cooperative spirit creates the support process for a living recovery.

2. Make-A-Choice Curriculum
We encourage addicts to work out their own recovery with tenderness of conscience. Our Christian 12-Step Program is non-denominational and uses the Bible as the spiritual foundation for the 12-Steps. Our Traditional 12-Step Program utilizes the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous. Living Recovery endeavors to seamlessly incorporate the best of all recovery worldviews.

3. Focus on Truth
Although we provide a choice in recovery options, a Christian worldview inspires all we do as a community. No one is told what to believe, however, Truth, the core element in one’s search for a Higher Power, is objectively addressed without bias.

4. Spiritual Growth as a Branch of Learning
Conscious improvement … maintaining healthy, well-balanced spiritual growth … is role-modeled by professional staff members and trained volunteers. Our staff looks to the Scripture and the 12-Steps to provide the guidelines for a living recovery.

What Does “Living Recovery” Mean?

Living Recovery (n.) a life rich in experience driven by power
Antonym: Living Death (n.) a life emptied of joys and satisfaction

Living recovery (or discovery) is a teachable, trackable spiritual process. In the words of the Apostle Paul,

“As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn to do your work.
We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul – not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that He has for us.

“God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.”

Colossians 1, The Message

The secret to a living recovery is learning how to tap in to the power that changes lives.

“God is good, a hiding place in tough times. He welcomes and recognizes anyone looking for help, no matter how desperate the trouble.”

Nahum 1, The Living Bible

The ability to make changes is at the heart of recovery – a vital component in relapse prevention. The greatest power on earth is the power to change (paraphrase taken from a Chinese Fortune Cookie). It is the power to leave behind a life emptied of joys and satisfaction in exchange for a life rich in experience driven by power.

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