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Who is Celebrate Recovery for?
Celebrate Recovery
is for everyone.
Some recovery programs deal only
with alcohol or drugs or another addiction. Celebrate Recovery is much
more. Celebrate Recovery is a “large umbrella” under which a limitless number of issues can be addressed
like depression, perfectionism, anxiety, childhood abuse, anger, financial
bondage, grief, dysfunctional homes and relationships, etc.
People with any type
of hurts, habits or hang-ups
A hurt, habit or
hang-up is anything that hinders your walk with God. For example, hurts like abandonment,
co-dependency, divorce or relationship issues, and habits
like food, gambling, sex, shopping, relationships, pornography, abuse, smoking,
money, alcohol or drugs, and hang-ups
like negative mental attitudes that are used to cope with people or adversity
such as anger, depression, resentment and inability to forgive
others.
How does Celebrate Recovery work?
Rather than wallowing in the past, or
dredging up and rehearsing painful memories over and over, Celebrate Recovery
focuses on the future. Instead of playing the “accuse and excuse” game of
victimization, this program helps people deal with what they can do something
about. It is fellowship-focused not individual-focused. We grow and get better
together. It is built around small group interaction and the support of a caring
community under the power of the Holy Spirit.
Celebrate Recovery has six features that make it unique.
1. Celebrate Recovery is based on God’s Word.
In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He taught “Eight Ways to Be Happy." Today we call them the Beatitudes. Once you fully understand what Jesus was saying, you realize these eight principles are God’s road to recovery, wholeness, growth and spiritual maturity.
2. Celebrate Recovery is forward-looking.
Rather than wallowing in the past, or dredging up and rehearsing painful memories over and over, Celebrate Recovery focuses on the future.
3. Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility.
Instead of playing the “accuse and excuse” game of victimization, this program helps people face up to their own poor choices and deal with what they can do something about.
4. Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ.
The 3rd “step” of Celebrate Recovery calls for people to make a total surrender of their lives to Jesus Christ.
5. Celebrate Recovery is built on the biblical principles of real community.
It is fellowship-focused not individual-focused. We grow and get better together. It is built around small group interaction and the support of a caring community.
6. Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of hurts, habits and hang-ups.
Some recovery programs deal only with alcohol or drugs or another single problem. But Celebrate Recovery is a “large umbrella” under which a limitless number of issues can be addressed.
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