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Winter 2012 Winter 2011

note: Members can discuss this workshop in the Message Boards HERE

Tonight our guest speaker is Glen Kirby. He is the author of the wonderful Biblical resource and workbook for Christian recovery "The Power of Brokenness: The Language of Recovery".

If you are in need of prayer CIR has wonderful Prayer Warriors who will pray for your needs:
1. Post to the Prayer Forum in the Message Boards. Please note that only requests for CIR members and their immediate families may be submitted. Other requests should be submitted to specialized prayer ministries.

2. Attend the Prayer and Praise Meetings that are Scheduled.
See: Chat Schedule

Praise & Prayer Meeting - Everyone is Welcome !
A personal time for people to bring their hurts and daily
issues to the back fence and have the freedom to share
them and be prayed for. Also, a time for other prayer

Healthy attitudes toward our ministries and us are essential elements for success and survival in the work of RESCUE. Ways to avoid "burn-out" and find more joy and fulfillment in the work of the Lord.

SELF CARE
1. Detach- Remember God does the work (we are vessels)
Fixers vs. guides (not "changing them, but pointing the way) - practicing "professional distance"
Co-dependency, enablers, messiah-complex

2. Faithfulness not fruitfulness (focus) Performance orientation? Avoid shame and guilt-driven efforts, which are from self not the Spirit

3. Set your own goals (professional development) Remember that there's life beyond your mission Clients especially - feelings of obligation What do we owe our missions? Why are they in it to begin with?

Part 1

How do feelings affect the addict in the early stages of recovery?

This second installment on the role of emotion the recovery process will focus on the first 30-90 days of sobriety. The truth is, most addicts return to drugs and drinking when sobriety becomes too stressful for them. Therefore, teach them to deal with their feelings in a healthy manner greatly improves their chances of achieving long-term sobriety.

A. The physiological impact on emotions.

Part Two

Q: Doesn't the promotion of the "disease concept" help addicts avoid taking responsibility for their behavior?

A: The only people I've ever heard use the "disease concept" as an excuse are practicing alcoholics who have no real intention of changing. I hear something totally different from Rescue Mission counselors and other professionals who subscribe to what has been called the "clinical approach" to treatment and recovery.

While recognizing the impact of factors like heredity and brain chemistry in the development of addiction, they know that real change happens only when addicts and alcoholics begin to take responsibility for their lives and truly "own" their behaviors.

The unrelenting sadness and hopelessness that characterized my experience with depression is something I will never forget. In the grips of depression I often felt paralyzed, not possessing the strength to rise from bed or even to open my eyes in the morning. I felt completely alone, unable to make contact with anyone, not even Almighty God. I lost interest in life and the things that make life special. I became reclusive and withdrawn, not wanting to be with friends I alternated between insomnia and exhaustion. I couldn't concentrate. And always, I felt inexplicably sad. Nothing made me happy. Most frightening of all, I made intricate preparations for my death. 1