The more time I spend with rescue mission recovery programs, the more I’ve become convinced that the most important gift we can give homeless addicts is community, a place to belong. Homelessness is a state of complete disaffiliation–being cut off from all meaningful and supportive human relationships. Suc cessful residential recovery programs actually provide a supportive […]
In the US, twenty million children are expe riencing physical, verbal and emotional abuse from parents who are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. This is tragic when we con sider that childhood is the foundation on which our entire lives are built.When a child’s efforts to bond with an addicted par ent are thwarted, the result is confusion […]
The Twelve Steps originated with Alcoholics Anonymous in the mid 1930’s. Besides being used to help alcoholics and drug addicts, the Twelve Steps have been used in support groups for family members, over-eaters, compulsive gamblers, and even for those desiring to escape from sexual addiction. These Steps formed the basis of treatment and counseling activities at […]
