Recovery Blog

Are You Available to God?

Core tenets: Availability means having an eternal perspective rather than a temporal perspective. It causes us to think less about ourselves and more about God and His purpose for our lives. We can get so caught up in scheduling our lives, creating our priorities, and living for our plans that…

Living in Freedom. Are you really living free?

In my work as a counselor, I encounter people every day in bondage. Many times, their bondage is self-imposed– a prison of their own making.Some of us let the tapes of the past play and replay in our minds. We re-live our failures. We sometimes define ourselves by our failings…

Poor Self-Esteem—What does God say?

I spent so much of my life feeling unworthy. Through the years of my addiction, I had done many shameful things, and although I knew God had forgiven me, I couldn’t forgive myself.Until I learned Scripture.God tells us we have value because He created us. Who are we to question…