Getting help for any addiction is no easy task, and the first year of recovery can be challenging to say the least. Knowing what to expect the first year of recovery can help alleviate some of the stress that can accompany the vast changes and the unknowns. Recovery progress will ...

Addiction effects the entire family. After recovery or even during recovery, the family will face consequences of the addict’s poor choices such as financial difficulties and health problems due to the chronic stress of dealing with an addict. When a family member who is in recovery comes back into the ...

This last month of my life has been like a whirlwind. I have had major changes come into my life–good changes but they have disrupted my normal routine. I have tried so desperately to connect to God this month, but I have been consumed with the cares of this life. ...

Just recently I had a major unexpected change come into my life, and it has drastically altered my daily schedule. Many times when life takes a dramatic turn we initially feel displaced or out-of-sorts. Times of transition in our lives can cause disorientation, mental/physical fatigue, lowered immune system, sleeplessness, agitation, ...

I have always heard that God is a redeeming God, but I longed to personally see it up close in my life. I have prayed for over 11 years that my son would be redeemed and that all that he lost in the “pigpen” of being a prodigal would return ...