Sidney Smith Offers Advice on Recovery
The recovery counselor offers advice for those who are struggling with addiction and loved ones and friends who wish to offer them support and encouragement.
Everyone suffers, whether it’s from illness, emotional distress, or addiction. Recovery is the place of healing where you can come back to a state of wholeness.
The recovery counselor offers advice for those who are struggling with addiction and loved ones and friends who wish to offer them support and encouragement.
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Her father was trying to make amends, but could she forgive him for his emotional abuse during her childhood?
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Later, as Jesus left the town, He saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow Me and be My disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.—Luke 5:27–28 (NLT)
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She worried that her husband’s return to the ministry would threaten his sobriety. A prayer program helped her give up control and learn to trust.
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Words from the 14th century’s Julian of Norwich offer comfort and hope.
A difficult childhood, several stints in jail and the death of her husband left her weary. Could she regain her faith in God again?
After attending Mass at a rehabilitation center, she realized that by having faith she can triumph over her addiction one day at a time.