Download or read book Recovery for the Christian Family Surviving Alcoholism written by Ch. Farris & Ruth Robertson and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody is trying to help the addict or alcoholic get sober but very few people really know how to help the family through the experience. This book has the real world insight of a husband and wife team who are survivors of alcoholism who have worked with thousands of people over the last twenty years. You will learn about interventions and how they work and when to use them...not from a TV show full of drama, but from people that want to guide your family toward success. You will learn how to live with alcoholism while not losing your family to it. You will find a way of peace during the storm. You will gain confidence that God has a plan for your family that may not be clear to you quite yet.
Download or read book Recovery for the Christian Family written by Chaplain Farris and Ruth Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chaplain Farris and Ruth Robertson bring life changing ideas to the families of alcoholics and addicts. Their refreshing approach to the age old problem of alcoholism brings the latest information and techniques to the average family while handling each sensitive topic with a profoundly hard-hitting yet gentle, sometimes humorous, approach. While learning how to interact with an active or recovering addict or alcoholic, the family is taught to survive the experience and create an environment that will support the recovery process. The Robertsons have pulled together the information you need, while providing the family life tools and communication tips you will use to keep the family safe and sane. With a full index, entertaining graphics, and easy to read style designed for ages 14 and up, you will find yourself able to test and try new methods that will help the family thrive amid dysfunction. While the entire world seems to focus on helping the alcoholic-addict, the family is largely ignored or treated as an afterthought. Chaplain Farris [and Ruth] Robertson ...know that hurting families need straightforward explanations and examples in order to prosper and assist their still suffering loved ones. Recovery for the Christian Family introduces practical and careful steps to restore family harmony. The do's and don'ts of living with alcoholism, explanations of interventions, treatment, and the role of the Church, all present alternatives for including the alcoholic in family recovery. God wants to save families and here is a book that teaches the family how to survive when everything seems to be falling apart."--amazon.com
Download or read book Recovery for the Christian Family written by Chaplain Farris and published by Tate Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Springfield, Missouri � Chaplain Farris and Ruth Robertson bring life changing ideas to the families of alcoholics and addicts in their new book, Recovery for the Christian Family: Surviving Alcoholism, a 166 page wisdom-filled paperback. Their refreshing approach to the age old problem of alcoholism brings the latest information and techniques to the average family while handling each sensitive topic with a profoundly hard-hitting yet gentle, sometimes humorous, approach. While learning how to interact with an active or recovering addict or alcoholic, the family is taught to survive the experience and create an environment that will support the recovery process. The Robertsons have pulled together the information you need, while providing the family life tools and communication tips you will use to keep the family safe and sane. With a full index, entertaining graphics, and easy to read style designed for ages 14 and up, you will find yourself able to test and try new methods that will help the family thrive amid dysfunction. �While the entire world seems to focus on helping the alcoholic-addict, the family is largely ignored or treated as an afterthought.� Chaplain Farris Robertson knows that hurting families need straightforward explanations and examples in order to prosper and assist their still suffering loved ones. Recovery for the Christian Family introduces practical and careful steps to restore family harmony. The do�s and don�ts of living with alcoholism, explanations of interventions, treatment, and the role of the Church, all present alternatives for including the alcoholic in family recovery. God wants to save families and here is a book that teaches the family how to survive when everything seems to be falling apart.
Download or read book Recovery for the Christian Family surviving Alcoholism written by Farris and Ruth Robertson Chaplin and published by . This book was released on with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian Families in Recovery written by New Life Spirit Recovery and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When addiction hits a family, it's damage can be severe. Just as a hurricane-force storm devastates a physical home, the storm of addiction can bring destruction to everyone involved. Christian Families in Recovery will help you take a deeper look at the nature of addiction and recovery from a Christ-centered perspective. By learning the tools of intervention, you can love the addict, but establish an enviornment that will not support the addiction. If the addict is entering recovery, you can develop a step-by-by family recovery plan that will affirm and respect the needs of all members. Someone else's addiction doesn't have to control you. Instead, you can learn to live in the empowerment of God's method of redemption.
Download or read book When I Am Weak Then I Am Strong written by C. J. Camp and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overcoming Alcoholism There Is Hope written by United Church of God and published by United Church of God. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcoholism is a terrible disease that ravages the body and destroys relationships. It's also a spiritual sickness that keeps alcoholics from having a strong relationship with God and Jesus Christ. If you or someone you know is suffering with the burden of alcohol addiction, this study aid can help you begin to break free and start living an abundant, alcohol-free life. Inside this booklet: - What does an alcoholic look like? - Are you just an occasional heavy drinker, or on the way to serious health issues? - Alcohol abuse: What can you do? - Drunkenness is a sin - What does recovery look like? - The choice is yours
Download or read book Dying for a Drink written by Anderson Spickard and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, alcoholism leads to 100,000 unnecessary deaths per year. Nearly 3 in 10 American adults are "risky drinkers." 18 million Americans are abusing alcohol regularly. More than 1⁄2 of Americans have a close family member who is an alcoholic. Despite the scope of this problem, there are currently no books published for the broader Christian community that offer Dying for a Drink's unique combination of strong writing, compelling stories, the best in medical science and practice, and clear explication of the timeless spiritual principles of recovery. The revision of this classic work incorporates new information on topics such as: The role of mental illness, childhood trauma, and family origin issues Human motivation and new methods of intervention and treatment Understanding the role of the Holy Spirit and the church community in recovery Prevention and the church's role in an alcohol-saturated society
Download or read book The Healing Journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Daryl E. Quick and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-11-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I feel like people leave me abandoned all the time. Sometimes I'm so afraid for what seems like no reason. I just don't seem to have any energy. Why do the same thoughts keep racing through my mind? I usually don't feel happy or sad. If there isn't real excitement, I feel bored. I want to be close to people, but I just never make it. Do you see yourself in this list? Children of alcoholic parents have suffered wounds that affect their lives for years to come. They learn to protect themselves from the pattern of hurt that they have come to expect in life. The results of such constant vigilance against pain can range from ulcers, sleeplessness, addictions, depression and anger to a string of broken relationships. But adult children of alcoholics can go through a healing journey that will help them recover from their painful past and be set free to live as God intended. Daryl Quick takes readers step by step through new ways of feeling, thinking and acting that will replace the ineffective patterns they have been locked into for years. With moving stories and helpful exercises, Quick shows how adult children of alcoholics can find hope and healing. A book for those who want to recover from their past.
Download or read book Understanding and Loving a Person with Alcohol or Drug Addiction written by Stephen Arterburn and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compassionate and helpful book educates both the mind and heart in the power of addiction and the way to help others find healing. When a family member or friend is addicted to drugs or alcohol the situation can feel hopeless and confusing. In this book, David Stoop and Stephen Arterburn help readers develop a plan of action by offering: • Insight into brain chemistry and addiction • Real-life ideas for encouraging healthy choices • Guidance in how to help without enabling • The connection between depression, ADD, and trauma Stoop and Arterburn have helped thousands of people around the country understand chemical addiction and how to love someone well in the midst of this gripping disease.
Download or read book Devotions for the Alcoholic Christian written by Carl Nelson and published by CSS Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a Christian ever get started on the road to alcoholism? "Where was God when I begged him not to let me take that next drink?" How can a Christian cope with the guilt of actions committed "while under the influence"? "How can I resume my role as an active church member and face a congregation who knows what I was like when I was drinking?" In the search for answers to these troubling questions, the recovering alcoholic receives a great deal of spiritual input but has often had a difficult time finding specifically Christian literature to supplement the recovery program. In response to that very real and urgent need, Rev. Carl Nelson has prepared this devotional resource for the recovering alcoholic Christian. Based on the Twelve Step program used by Alcoholics Anonymous, each daily and nightly devotion includes a Prayer, Meditation, Life Example (based on composites of recovering alcoholics whom the author has known), and a Scripture Study, making these devotions ideal for incorporation into any recovering alcoholic's daily recovery program -- and particularly useful to those who hunger for the presence of Christ in their daily struggles. Carl Nelson is pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Painesville, Ohio. He is a graduate of Concordia College, Portland, Oregon, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.
Download or read book The Alcoholic Family in Recovery written by Stephanie Brown and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family relationships change dramatically when one or more members stops drinking. Far from offering a "quick fix" to family problems, in fact, the first years of sobriety are often marked by continuing tension that fuels marital stress, acting-out kids, and difficulties at work. This book explores the process of recovery from addiction as it affects the entire family, presenting an innovative model for understanding and treating families navigating this difficult period. The authors draw upon extensive clinical and research experience to demonstrate how families can be helped to regroup after abstinence, weather periods of emotional upheaval, and find their way to establishing a more stable, yet flexible, family system.
Download or read book The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments written by Scott Weeman and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Sacraments. (Second Place). In the first book to directly integrate the Twelve Steps with the practice of Catholicism, Scott Weeman, founder and director of Catholic in Recovery, pairs his personal story with compassionate straight talk to show Catholics how to bridge the commonly felt gap between the Higher Power of twelve-step programs and the merciful God that he rediscovered in the heart of the sacraments. Weeman entered sobriety from alcohol and drugs on October 10, 2011, and he's made it his full-time ministry to help others who struggle with various types of addiction to find spiritual wholeness through Catholic in Recovery, an organization he founded and directs. In The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments, Weeman candidly tackles the struggle he and other addicts have with getting to know intimately the unnamed Higher Power of recovery. He shares stories of his compulsion to find a personal relationship with God and how his tentative steps back to the Catholic Church opened new doors of healing and brought him surprising joy as he came to know Christ in the sacraments. Catholics in recovery and those moving toward it, as well as the people who love them will recognize Weeman's story and his spiritual struggle to personally encounter God. He tells us how: Baptism helps you admit powerlessness over an unmanageable problem, face your desperate need for God, and choose to believe in and submit to God’s mercy. Reconciliation affirms and strengthens the hard work of examining your life, admitting wrongs, and making amends. The Eucharist provides ongoing sustenance and draws you to the healing power of Christ. The graces of Confirmation strengthen each person to keep moving forward and to share the good news of recovery and new life in Christ. Weeman's words are boldly challenging and brimming with compassion and through them you will discover inspiration, hope, sage advice, and refreshingly practical help.
Download or read book Discover Recover written by Dale Allen and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begin a new path of personal discovery and recovery! Discover & Recover is an effective resource for churches and Christian recovery groups, as well as for personal study. Discover & Recover will help to: - Eliminate insecurities, guilt, and painful issues of the past - Bring you into right relationship with God and to be filled with His power - Bring freedom from addictions and bad habits - Understand yourself better - See yourself the way God sees you - Understand spiritual growth and begin to grow spiritually - Live a godly life daily - Hear from God and move into His destiny for you - Equip you to help and minister to others Dale Allen came into recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction, and severe depression in 1974. Then, in 1978, he came to know Jesus personally and was filled with the Holy Spirit, which brought the true victory and freedom he sought in his recovery. Dale now teaches the principles that he has learned through his years of experience and study. Dale has been a full time addictions worker for 10 years. He and his wife, Delaine, head up Lifestream Ministries International, preaching and teaching the Word of God, and are part of the leadership team of their home church in Regina, Canada. They are the parents of two grown children.
Download or read book Creating a Safe Place written by Curt Grayson and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating and practical guide helping Christians recover from the experience of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Johnson and Grayson offer profiles of dysfunctional families, then go on to help readers examine their pasts and identify their current issues. They show how growing up in a dysfunctional family can lead to a distorted view of God, and how the church can foster recovery.
Download or read book Recover All written by Robert G. Reid and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recover All is a needed and telling guide enabling family members, companions, and friends of a chemically dependent person to comprehend the process of addiction. Written from a unique, dynamic perspective, the book equips loved ones of a chemically dependent person with practical tools to find help for the one close to them. Having been diagnosed a chemically dependent polysubstance abuser at age twelve, author Rob Reid entered treatment more than nine times. After his ultimate recovery from the addictive hopelessness he once knew, Reid worked in a long-term residential drug and alcohol recovery program for men. While working hands-on with addicts and their families, Reid noticed a dire need to bridge the chasm of understanding between chemically dependent persons and their loved ones. The work opens by addressing what addiction is, how it develops, and the dynamics of the addictive personality. Most, however, this book shares real-life experiences from both the personal and treatment-administration perspectives. Such rare, two-perspective insight communicates the experience, strength, and hope that any person with a chemically dependent loved one longs for. Recover All not only shares information about addiction, but it also addresses fundamental issues and questions facing loved ones of those struggling with addiction. These issues include identifying the signs of addiction, dealing with denial both in the addict and among the addict's family and friends, overcoming rationalization, identifying and preventing manipulation, dealing with selfishness, and saying no effectively. Recover All provides a sensible, realistic overview of chemical dependency treatment options as well as a simple method for determining the usefulness of each treatment option in specific circumstances. Reid concludes by outlining the phenomenon of relapse and by providing the ten most detrimental behaviors a family member or friend could exhibit in a loved one's recovery process.
Download or read book God s Addiction Recovery Plan written by Michael Wrenn and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance. God answered Wrenn's call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to - find the plan that God has for you; - recognize the people that God has sent to help you; - overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction; - make God your ally in your fight against addiction. Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following God's Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.
