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Christian Organizations and People that Shaped A.A.

Christian organizations and people that shaped the recovery ideas of A.A. before it began.

Influences of the seven pre-A.A. Christian organizations and people:

    (1) Evangelists and Revivalists (1846, beginning perhaps with John B. Gough—“an apostle of Temperance”)

    (2) The Young Men’s Christian Association (1851, when the first YMCA was established in America in Boston)

    (3) The Salvation Army (1865, founded by William Booth as the Christian Revival Association, later rechristened the Salvation Army)

    (4) Gospel Rescue Missions (1872 when Jerry McAuley founded the Helping Hand for Men, soon to become the Water Street Mission)

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Stormy Seas of Porn Addiction

written by a Porn Addict

Porn addiction is not temporary, marriage will not solve it. You cannot control a porn addiction! The addiction controls you! You can know your future (suspicion and investigations) and still not stop. There is nothing you can do. Only something that someone else (God) can do in you. You have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of beating this addiction on your own. You need the Trinity and you need the support of family and friends.

In my estimation, porn addiction can be likened to a trip that you think is going to start out as an innocent day trip of excitement and relaxation.

Let me see if I can explain it in a way that isn’t too confusing.

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Live Workshops & Discussions

On a regular basis CIR has live workshops with an expert in Christian recovery and/or a published author. The sessions are 1 to 1 1/2 hours long and are held online.

You must get to the meeting at least 5 minutes before hand and be prepared if the session goes over one hour. These workshops are held in the CIR Chat Rooms, room #MEETING so you need to familiarize yourself with how our meetings work beforehand. Learn more about how to chat.

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Answering The Skeptics About God’s Existence

Is Jesus God?
As a believer have you ever been confronted with someone who is skeptical that Jesus Christ exists or that He is the Savior of the world? How about those logical, intellectual folks that like to downplay creation for evolution? Have you ever heard the one about how people evolved from oysters?

I don’t know about you, but I have a bit more faith than that. Do you realize how long it would take for a human to evolve from an oyster? More than the billions of years that they like to say the earth is old. Scientific evidence has yet to prove God does NOT exist. So the evolutionists and the creationists are in the same boat – still waiting for proof to disbelieve the other.

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How Health Affects Marriage

Did you know that the better you feel about your life, the better spouse you will be. The best way to be a good spouse is to take care of YOU first. You are your best friend when it comes to your health and emotional well-being–physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Are you taking care of you? Last week I talked to several different women who were experiencing health difficulties like bipolar syndrome, addiction, diabetes, and heart problems.

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