Sam's Story
Hi, my name is Sam and I’m a grateful follower of Jesus Christ celebrating recovery from alcoholism.
Recently, I was asked “Since you have been in recovery how has God changed your life?” My first thought was, night and day. Before I was destroying my life with alcohol – this was my night. Now, by God’s healing power, I have been free of this addiction for over 2 years – God has brought me into the light. Everything in my life is better. When I look back at the night of my life I can’t imagine longing to go back there.
Celebrate Recovery has been a big part of my recovery. It continues to be the safe place where I can be myself and where others accept me without judging me. At Celebrate Recovery, I have been able to work through the 12 steps of recovery and now I am now helping others to find freedom from their addictions. I truly believe that if it wasn’t for God’s healing experienced through Celebrate Recovery I would not be alive today. I thank God for my sobriety and for turning my night into day.
Grace's Story
Hi my name is Grace. I am a believer celebrating recovery from co-dependency. I have been a follower of Jesus Christ for 12 years and for 10 ½ of those 12 years I was co-dependent. If you think that co-dependency can’t ruin a life, I am here to tell you differently. As long as I can remember, I have been co-dependent and 99% of my relationships with men, friends and/or family were either dysfunctional or abusive. For years I played the victim role, blaming others for these dysfunctional relationships.
My co-dependency came to a head when my only daughter and I ran into a very serious relationship problem which I couldn’t “fix”, it was out of my hands. Without going into the details – I was at the end, there was nothing I could do. I was heart-broken. Here was my most precious human relationship and now it too was destroyed!
God, through His leading by circumstances and others brought me to Celebrate Recovery at Georgetown Alliance Church. Although I didn’t realize that my dysfunctional behaviour had a name, I soon discovered through the CR literature that I was co-dependent. The first step of recovery is stepping out of denial. I remember the first time I admitted my co-dependency, it was pretty scary!
My Road to Recovery has been a road full of twists and turns but I wouldn’t change one little bit of it. I am a different person than I was 2 years ago. My relationships are now functional and meaningful. My relationship between my daughter and myself has been restored and get this, is even better than ever! Sure we still have our differences, but with healthy boundaries in place and me not trying to fix everything, it is 180 degrees from where it was. I give glory only to my Higher Power Jesus. Through Celebrate Recovery, Jesus has freed me from co-dependency and I am forever grateful.
Jerry's story
Hi, my name is Jerry and I’m a grateful follower of Jesus Christ, celebrating recovery from work holism and incessant worry.
I know that these are not the “normal” kinds of addictions, but that is what made it so hard for me to even recognize these as addictions, and then to overcome them.
Our culture tells us that to get ahead in this world we need to “multi-task”, work longer hours, strive, and perform. It’s a proven statistic that people today are working more hours per week, then they did 10 years ago. Technology seems to be more a slave driver than a work saver.
Since I have worked the 12 steps, I have come to understand that excessive worry and the sense of personal worth achieved from my performance at work, have been the main motivators of my life. This has led to an addictive lifestyle and an unbalanced perspective on the true priorities in life.
Being able to recognize and deal with these issues, has brought a newfound peace into my life, and has allowed me to accept myself for who I really am.
How did I do it you might ask! The answer is I didn’t. Jesus Christ has done it all. I simply allowed Him to take more control of those areas of my life, and am learning to trust Him more each day, for all of the struggles that I continue to face.
If you are looking for healing in your life, come and allow me to introduce you to my healer – Jesus Christ .
