Chemically Dependent Small Groups

Chemically Dependant - Men’s Groups and Women’s Groups
 
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY GROUP

If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit drinking or using entirely, or if you have little control over the amount you consume, you are probably an alcoholic and/or an addict. If that is the case, you may be suffering from a problem which only a spiritual solution will conquer. If you are as seriously alcoholic or addicted as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human resources, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best as we could; and the other was to accept Jesus Christ as our Higher Power.

THE SOLUTION

By working through the Eight Recovery Principles found in the Beatitudes with Jesus Christ as your Higher Power, you can and will change! You will begin to experience the true peace and serenity you have been seeking, and you will no longer have to rely on your dysfunctional, compulsive, and addictive behaviors as a temporary “fix” for your pain.

By applying the biblical principles of conviction, conversion, surrender, confession, restitution, prayer, quiet time, witnessing, and helping one another, which are found within the Eight Principles and the Christ-centered 12 Steps, you will restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God.

SELF-EVALUATION
1. Have you ever decided to stop drinking and/or using for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
2. Do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking and/or using – stop telling you what to do?
3. Have you ever switched from one kind of drink or drug to another in the hope that this would keep you from losing control?
4. Have you had to have an “eye-opener” upon awakening during the past year? Do you need a drink or drug to get started, or stop shaking?
5. Do you envy people who can drink or use drugs without getting into trouble?
6. Have you had problems connected with drinking or using during the past year?
7. Has your drinking or using caused trouble at home?
8. Do you ever try to get “extra” drinks or drugs at a party because you did not get enough?
9. Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking or using any time you want to, even though you keep getting inebriated when you don’t mean to?
10. Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking or using?
11. Do you have “blackouts”?
12. Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink or use?

What is your score?
Did you answer YES two (2) or more times?  If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol or drugs.

But again, only you can decide whether you think Celebrate Recovery is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking and using drugs ourselves.

Celebrate Recovery does not promise to solve your life’s problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking or using one day at a time with the help of our Higher Power, Jesus Christ. We stay away from that first drink. If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we are free of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable, with Christ’s power.  
 

Celebrate Recovery Small Groups

Types of Individual Small Groups for Men and Women:
Chemically Dependent

If you find that you cannot quit drinking or using entirely, even when you honestly want to, or if you have little control over the amount you consume, you are probably an alcoholic and/or an addict. If that is the case, you may be suffering from a problem that only a spiritual solution will conquer.

Codependency

This group is for those struggling with the compulsion to rescue and take care of others, have difficulty setting boundaries, or recognizing their own worth. Members in this group learn to express their own needs and wants in healthy ways.

Physical/Emotional and Sexual Abuse

This group is for those who have endured past physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse. Recovery includes healing from the traumas done to us at sometime in our past, as well as healing from the influence these past experiences continue to have on our lives.

Adult Children of Family Dysfunction (Formerly Adult Children of Alcoholics)

The family problem of alcoholism made us “co-victims”—those who take on the characteristics of the alcoholic without necessarily ever taking a drink. Choosing to recognize and exit the modeled behaviors of alcoholism is the beginning of recovery for the ACFD.

Sexual Addiction

Support group for those seeking recovery from lust and compulsive sexual behaviors. This group provides fellowship, is a safe place to share our struggles, pain, and victories, and helps to establish accountability and mutual support among the group members throughout the week.

Eating Disorders and Food Addiction

This recovery group’s purpose is to learn a new way of living. The Eating Disorder group addresses Anorexia and Bulimia. The Food Addiction group addresses compulsive overeating and those on the diet roller coaster. We have learned, our tendency is to compulsively try to control food or to be out of control with food. At your own pace, you will learn to trust, to ask for your needs to be met, to say “no” when it is appropriate, to express your feelings, and to hang around when all you want to do is run.

Women’s Love and Relationship Addiction

This group deals with Romance and Relationship Addiction only, and provides a safe place to deal with the depression, isolation, lack of trust, and the unhealthy use of love and relationships as a means of achieving worth.

Codependent Women in a Relationship with a Sexually Addicted Man

Sexual addiction and its causes are largely unknown to most people. This group not only provides support, but also helps women seek an understanding of their own personal issues. Codependents can then confront their own denial and behavior while gaining insight and understanding of their spouse’s sexual addiction.

Recovery from Anger

These recovery groups are for men and women who find that anger is their first response to problems of any size. The anger may be very evident as rage, or less obvious in terms of withdrawal and isolation. These groups focus on managing a God-given emotion in constructive ways.

Financial Recovery

This group is designed to help you, with God’s power, gain financial freedom from your debts so you can start managing your finances God’s way. In addition, the core hurts, habits, and hang-ups that have caused the financial trouble and stolen the serenity and joy that God has intended, will be overcome.

Same Sex Attraction

Is your relationship with God characterized by shame and guilt? Have you pulled away from healthy relationships because of homosexual issues? If you relate to these struggles, we welcome you to join us for hope and strength as we learn how to apply the 8 Recovery Principles to our lives.

Are You Chemically Dependant?

Are You Chemically Dependant?

If you find you cannot quit drinking or using entirely, or if you have little control

over the amount you consume, you are probably an alcoholic and/or an addict. If

that is the case, you may be suffering from a problem which only a spiritual solution

will conquer.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Have you ever decided to stop drinking and/or using for a week or so, but it only lasted for a couple of days?

2. Do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking and/or using, and stop telling you what to do?

3. Have you ever switched from one kind of drink or drug to another in the hope that this would keep you from losing control?

4. Have you had to have an “eye-opener” upon awakening during the past year? Do you need a drink or a drug to get started or to stop shaking?

5. Do you envy people who can drink or use drugs without getting into trouble?

6. Have you had problems connected with drinking or using during the past year?

7. Has your drinking or using caused trouble at home?

8. Do you ever try to get “extra” drinks or drugs at a party because you did not get enough?

9. Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking or using any time you want to, even though you keep getting inebriated when you don’t mean to?

10. Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking or using?

11. Do you have “blackouts”?

12. Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink or use?

What Is Your Score?

Did you answer YES two or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol or drugs.

Only you can decide whether you think Celebrate Recovery is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking and using drugs ourselves.