A Confession

A friend once told me that I would never be able to separate Christ from my recovery. Guess what? I tried. He was right.

This blog is about addiction recovery based on my experiences. No matter how you look at it, there is one person at the center of it all: Jesus Christ. For seven years Christ has lead me, protected me, prospered me, helped me, commanded me, guided me, given me life and the strength to fight and help others in recovery. Not everyone believes in God, Heaven and Hell, or angels and demons, but I can no more separate my success in recovery from Christ than you could separate hydrogen from water and still call it water.

Don’t misunderstand: God is not a good luck charm; he is to be feared. It isn’t about coming to Jesus so that he will instantly solve all your problems and take away all consequences of a life time of poor choices and addiction. There was work to do, hard work. Not that I earned my way, but through that hard work, God revealed the true state of my depravity in addiction. From that came healing. From that came sobriety. From that came life, health and well being.

Recovery is a revelation process. Healing comes afterward. The revelation? I didn’t deserve a second chance. I didn’t deserve to be helped. The second chance and help I received was a gift: a gift to be used to help others. This is why I was born.

The Confession

I don’t want to be some bible thumbing, street corner guy, but at the same time I don’t want to mislead you. Openness and honesty are the heart of RecoverCast. I’ve held back in regard to how my faith has helped me in recovery. It’s fear. Fear that people would label me a Jesus freak, Bible thumping, street corner preaching, judgmental or televangelist type. In fact I have feared you, the readers of this blog, more than God. That’s not a good idea. God doesn’t hate me or anything, but it does separate me from him, the source of my strength.

Well, if God is for me, who can be against me? He who did not spare his own son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him graciously give us all things? God has given me much. Not because I deserve it or have earned it, it’s because it was given to me to be passed on to you and others as well.

Here’s a vital part of life and learning: pass on what you’ve learned to others. That’s all I’m trying to do with this blog.

Be well,
Damon