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Director’s Message

Each of us may struggle with addictive unhealthy compulsive behaviors. The path to Recovery is for each and every one of us. Maybe it is alcohol, drugs, or some other harmful substance or maybe we struggle with a process addiction. We must realize that any substance or behavior we may be using to alleviate our pain—whether it is a substance, food, pornography, gambling or even social media— it may be causing us to distance ourselves from our loved ones, it may be disrupting our ability to work or think accurately, or it may be obstructing our relationships with God.

Contrary to what your body may be suggesting, you don’t need those things to survive or to be happy. In fact, we will never get enough of the things we crave but don’t need because no amount of stuff that we don’t need will ever satisfy us. Only Christ can fill the void you feel and help you to be fully satisfied and fulfilled.

Let us not postpone till tomorrow the decision to break free from the unhealthy behaviors that we crave today. As we approach the Thanksgiving season and the end of another year, we have a wonderful opportunity to do an inventory of our life. What are the choices you can make to set yourself in the path to recovery? Perhaps you have been blessed by being in this path and God is calling you to start an ARMin 12-step recovery groups in your church so others can benefit from it too. Perhaps yo or a loved one would benefit from the healing embrace of an ARMin group closed by. Either way, the choice is yours. God has shown to us the path of life (Ps. 16:11). Whether or not we walk on it is up to us. What will you choose?