Breaking The Chains

When you first step into sobriety, everything changes. Your emotions, your habits, your entire identity — they all need rebuilding. One of the biggest mistakes people make in early recovery is jumping into new relationships too soon. In this blog, we'll explain why dating in early recovery can be dangerous, how it impacts your emotional health, and why it's crucial to focus on healing first. --- 1. Early Recovery Brings Intense Emotions In early recovery, your emotional system is waking up after years of being numbed. You may feel overwhelming sadness, anger, loneliness, or anxiety. Starting a new relationship during this emotional rollercoaster can lead to heartbreak and instability. New relationships require emotional maturity — something that's still being rebuilt in the first year of sobriety. > Tip: Focus on stabilizing your emotions before attaching your heart to someone new. --- 2. Cross-Addiction: Replacing Substances with People Cross-addiction happens when you ...

Recovery is not just about staying sober or making better choices — it’s a journey of the heart. It's learning to walk by faith and not by sight, trusting that real change is happening even when we can't always see it yet. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." (NIV) This verse is powerful for anyone walking the road of recovery. When we first step away from addiction, brokenness, or pain, we don’t always feel instantly free. In fact, there are many days when it feels like nothing is changing. Temptation still whispers. The weight of the past still lingers. Doubts scream louder than hope. But faith — real, biblical faith — is confidence that what we are hoping for is coming. It's the assurance that even when the results aren’t visible, God is still moving. Recovery takes that kind of faith. It takes believing that the work you’re putting in — one day at a time — is not wasted. It takes trusting that...

There was a time in my life when I felt completely lost—trapped in a cycle of addiction, shame, and hopelessness. I couldn’t see a way out. I wore a smile on the outside, but inside I was drowning. The chains of addiction were heavy, and I honestly believed I’d never be free. But then… God stepped in. He didn’t wait for me to clean myself up. He didn’t require perfection. He met me right in the middle of my brokenness, and He loved me there. And that love—it began to break things off me. It began to heal wounds I didn’t even know were still open. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36 This verse isn’t just something I read… it’s something I’ve lived. Jesus didn’t just help me cope—He set me free. Fully, completely, miraculously free. I share this not to boast in myself, but to boast in Him. Because I know there are others reading this who feel the same way I once did. Maybe you’re in a dark place. Maybe the weight feels too heavy. Maybe you’ve convinced you...