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Jeffrey
Aug 17 : 18:05

In Loving memory of Janet Soto
January 2nd 1952 - August 15th 2010

My mother passing away was a shock to me and an untimely death. I don't have the ability to pay for her funeral costs because of my limited income. An added problem is that her body is in San Antonio, TX and I live in Spokane, WA. I don't even have the means to fly out to Texas to see her one last time. I would like to give her a proper burial and service. I am in urgent need of assistance to be able to make this happen and so I am starting this memorial fundraiser for my mother. Time is of the essence because she is at the mercy of the San Antonio Medical Examiners office. I contact them everyday to let them know that I'm working out arrangements for her. I know God will bless any amount you can donate. Please follow link: [link]
Thank you!

vjsdesign
Feb 22 : 17:14

I reside in rockland county New York and we have a samll group of men and also a small womens group that meet on Sunday. i read some comments on the CR website and like to share some thoughts. There are two DPI publication one is called Some Sat in Darkness and the other Rejocie Always. I Highly recomend these books as a good guide for us alone with the Bible.
Furthermore The AA big book has a chaphter called to the wives which is a good guide.
As far as attending meetings AA as well as Al-alon
is good but just as the any meeting it best to exaime the scriptures asd well as the other books I mention to see if what you here at meetings agree with the writen word. Thank you so much for allowing me to share these thoughts with you.
I respect you all for you passion to recover and help others to recover as well. Vic

Anindita
Feb 04 : 01:20

Hi. I'm a disciple from the Indian Church of Christ, Mumbai. My husband is an alcoholic. We got married in the church. Unfortunately, he never got over his drinking problem. We were both serving in the ministry. We were asked to step down once it was discovered. He was soon asked to take a 'break' from Church. Two months ago, he decided to quit, but went through a bad withdrawl. This followed with hospitalization and now he is in rehab. I've learned since then that I've been a codependent. However, some of things I've learned at Al-Anon are not quite biblical as they teach us to be selfish. Looking for friends who can really understand as out here we cannot get access to books and support groups.

hope
Feb 03 : 06:27

Thank you StlCoRE, I ordered the book. I will let you know how it goes...

StlCoRe
Jan 25 : 18:26

Hope, I work with a group of women going through Codependency Recovery. We are starting the book Discover Joy by Dr. Joy Bodzioch. It doesn't deal with co-dependency directly, but many of the issues she addresses are related to issues we have as codependents. I believe that as we get our hearts right, God uses that to affect our husbands. Much love and prayer,

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val719

Fri May 14 2010, 01:38PM

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Hi there. We recently started having CR again at our church after not having it for about a year. I co-led for about 4 years prior. I was really excited to read the notes from the recent conference and think that the updates will mean even more humility and support for our "graduates". The question I have is regarding total abstinence from alcohol and drugs. We used to require this as one of the rules. The new rules do not include it and with the new, open CR group I am confused about requiring this from the members. Can someone provide insite as to how we are treating this? It seems a little pointless to have CR if people do not stop using or are using substances outside their drug of choice. Thanks!

hmullan

Wed May 19 2010, 04:38PM

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First of all, let me say that it is great that you are restarting CR in your Church. (Maybe you could mention where that is.)
Secondly, that is a great question. The rules do say "You may not bring drugs, alcohol or drug paraphernalia into this group." However this refers mainly to on their person and not in their person.
With an open group, you will have people attend who have very recently used, or who are still currently using or who may even come in high! Having a requirement of someone being abstinent just to attend CR won't work. If they could do that they would not need to come.
The point of them coming is for them to get well. If they don't want to get well, they will stop coming. The last place a user wants to be is in a room of ex users. The goal is for them to stop using and they will need the help the group provides. If everyone in the room is there to work on their own recovery then the addict who is still using will get the help they need.
I have a lot I could write here but I want to make sure I understood your question right. Has what i wrote answered your question? If not, please clarify. Thanks and let us know where you meet so we can add it to our locations.

YBIC
Harry


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