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** When
Prayer is Unanswered
** Stubborn
Self-will vs. Willingness
** What
Would Jesus Say About Homosexuality?
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** Suicide:
What to do when someone is suicidal
Listening, talking and taking action may help save a life when someone
is considering suicide.
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ANSWERS
** Answers
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Is drinking alcohol harming my health now, or will it be harmful to me
later in life? Should I stop drinking alcohol? Am I a binge drinker?
**How to
Interact with a terminally ill loved one
Your loved one is dying, and you don't know what to say or how to act.
A Mayo Clinic chaplain offers advice.
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TOOLS
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
**  Christians
in Recovery Workbook & Meeting Guide
Excellent Workbook and Guide CD for the individual as well as recovery
groups, church recovery groups or meetings.
**  CIR
12 Step Bible Studies and Bible Aid
Two comprehensive 12 Step Bible Sutdies and Recovery Concordance. An
indispensable Tool for recovery! Each Step is thoroughly discussed
using Scripture as a basis for thought and growth. Guaranteed to
strengthen both your faith and recovery.
** Mayo
Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Tool
Go beyond the fad diets. Here's your permanent solution for weight
control.
DID
YOU KNOW?
** Drug
Exposure Causes Fetal Brain Changes
Brain scans reveal that cocaine, alcohol
and tobacco use during pregnancy can cause changes in the brain
scan of developing fetuses, and that these changes can remain
detectable for years.
**
Moderate Drinking Increases Breast Cancer Risk
Even moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a common form
of breast cancer in post-menopausal women according to researchers.
** Depression More Common Among Smokers,
Study Says
Smokers are 41 percent more likely to suffer from clinical depression
than nonsmokers, according to a study of more than 8,500 people.
WISDOM
FROM A CIR MEMBER
Recovery is a paradox.
I had to be entirely broken
before I could be
restored.
I had to hit bottom
before God would lift me up.
I had to admit defeat
before I could achieve victory.
--AlanH
CHRISTIAN
RECOVERY READING
** Prude:
How The Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)
The author show that relaxed attitudes toward sexuality are damaging
girls in their formative years and ultimately harming America by
increasing social ills. "Once upon a time," Liebau writes, "'slut'
was one of the greatest insults. But now, being a 'prude'
is deemed to be even worse."
 ** Hope and
Help Booklets
Hope and Help for The Suffering
Hope and Help for Marriage
Hope and Help for the Homosexual
Hope and Help for Gambling
Hope and Help for Self Injurers and Cutters
Hope and Help through Biblical Counseling
Hope and Help for Confict Resolution
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TESTIMONY
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scene guys here at CIR, your tireless effort that makes this site such
a blessing. I want you to know I pray for you. Today has proved you put
yourselves out by poping around go say hi, as Obie did today and what a
blessing that was... Cir has played a huge part of my life in fact
saved my life. I truly believe without CIR I'd be dead. So thank you
Jesus for your faithful servants who reach so far to gather up the hurt
and wounded in a safe loving non judjmental enviroment, even when I
have messed up here the loving don't stop!! -- Leina
RECOVERY
EVENTS & CONFERENCES
** Overcomers
Outreach Conference
Tulsa, Oklahoma May 2-3 2008
**
International
Cultic Studies Association Conference
June 27-29 University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
**
Listing
of Worldview Conferences
**
Pure Life Ministries (Sexual
Sin Recovery)
2008
Conference Schedule
**
If you know of a Christian recovery event in your area and
want it included in our newsletter Contact Us
HELP
FOR RECOVERY
** Power
of Brokenness
Making Healthy Choices that Change our Lives, Hearts and Families.
Download a Free Chapter!
** Getting
an Addict into Treatment - Online Video
Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is a gentle and
effective method for helping families guide addicted loved ones into
treatment.
** Mental
Health Services Locator
This directory of over 22,000 local mental health services programs in
the U.S. is organized in a state-by-state format as a quick reference
tool for health care providers, social workers, managed care
organizations, and the general public. The directory includes links to
substance abuse treatment organizations.
FOR
RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS
** A
Special Message for Struggling Chruch Leaders
From Salt River Ministries
** Substance
Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database
Helps
clinicians and researchers find instruments used for screening and
assessment of substance use and substance use disorders.
** Video
Case Studies: Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much
This free online course from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and
Alcoholism (NIAAA) demonstrates quick and effective strategies for
screening patients for heavy drinking and helping them to cut down or
quit.
** City Vision College’s online
classes are starting May 26
You still have time to REGISTER
City Vision College is a program of
TechMission. The 10-week
online courses combine the benefits of on-site ministry experience with
the convenience of distance learning. Graduates will earn either a
certificate or a Bachelor of Arts in Missions from a fully-accredited
institution. Classes cost $500 and you can register
online.
For more information call
816-960-2008 or
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The courses for the Summer Term - May
26,
2008 include:
Course
302 – Nonprofit Administration (3 credits)
Principles of operating a not-for-profit organization including the
development
and purposes of organizing documents, the reporting requirements for
maintaining an organization's non-profit status, the functions of the
Board of Directors, and the relationship between the Chief Executive
and the Board.
Course
303 - Nonprofit Accounting (3 credits)
Covers both the mechanics of non-profit accounting and the necessity of
financial accountability. The outcome of this course is the development
of an accounting policy manual for an urban ministry or similar
nonprofit organization.
Course
401 - Counseling in the City (3 credits)
This
course examines the role and theory of lay counseling as it applies to
urban ministry settings. The coursework guides the learner into
increased awareness, knowledge, and skill in interacting with
multicultural and diverse populations. Counselor attributes, cultural
sensitivity, and the concept of contextualized counseling will be
explored. This course also focuses on client assessment, and approaches
to addressing problems common to distressed urban dwellers seeking
counseling.
** Helping
You to Help Your Patients: An Introduction
to
Medication for Alcohol Dependence
A free online course for addiction treatment counselors. Designated for
up to
2.0 CEUs.
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