Why a Christ-Centered Recovery?
At LifeChangers Recovery we boast two truths:
- That we are all created by a loving and compassionate God
- By trusting in God and His word, we cannot fail because to fail would make God a liar and the Bible a book of lies.
This is why we can claim a 100% success rate. If you follow these basic 12-steps to total recovery, you will not fail. There is no need to attend numerous meetings, nor ‘white-knuckle’ your way through days and nights filled with anxiety, temptation and guilt when you fall short of perfection. If this sounds too good to be true, read on.
At LifeChangers we do not judge nor condemn. When a member ‘slips’ we won’t know about it unless that person tells us. We have a huge advantage over the typical 12-step programs which makes us accountable to a loving and understanding God Who neither judges nor punishes weakness. Instead He always reminds us that we can and will succeed when we first put our complete trust in Him. And when we read His word to understand His plans for us that never include failure His love is always with us regardless of our indiscretions. With God as an ‘accountability partner’ we won’t need a ‘sponsor’ although at LifeChangers we do make ‘accountability’ sponsors available for those coming out of traditional 12-step programs.
Typical 12-step programs point to an unnamed ‘higher power’ that members are to put their trust in when they are no longer able to rely on their own strength to get through the temptations that go along with abstaining from habitual problems both life-changing and life-threatening. As an ex-dope fiend/drunk I tried everything out there to bring my addictions under control. I fought with the obvious, that I had allowed my drugs and alcohol to control me. Once you cross that line you are not going to taper off and successfully manage your addictions. They will dictate to you. They will determine which you lose first, your job, car, marriage or family. You will lose these things and become buried even deeper as you watch your world fall apart and the only relief you will have at your disposal is more dope, alcohol and hopelessness.
“Webster's” defines hope as: ‘expecting success’. This is a far different definition from what most people consider as hope. To them hope is a matter of crossing their fingers and hoping/wishing that what they desire will luckily work out to their advantage. At LifeChangers Recovery we teach success through a committed relationship to God through His Son Jesus Christ. Concerning God in our recovery; the book of Isaiah 42:7 states that God has sent His only Son Jesus to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from captivity, and those who sit in darkness from their prison.