Podcasts about drug recovery

We love that this ministry puts us on a path and trajectory with other fellow strugglers in life that we call forever family. Sitting down and having heart-to-heart conversations is such a gift and, in this episode, that gift was so appreciated. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, sits down with Noah Whitaker, celebrate recovery representative of North Dakota, to have a conversation around recovery and specifically step 10 and how we can serve in a healthy posture and not out of codependency. They also discuss why and how celebrate recovery is so vital for the entire family and the impact on Noah's life growing up in recovery.

As God's children who are serving in ministry, sometimes the first thing to go in our walk is learning how to rest in Christ. Busyness can be one of the greatest enemies to sustainability and longevity in ministry. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, sits down with West Regional Director Jeff Redmond to discuss what it looks like practically to rest in Christ and some things that he's learned in his walk as a believer and recovery.

In recent years, the celebrate recovery global ministry has expanded the way churches can become a celebrate recovery ministry by hosting open share group only within their church. God is doing remarkable things through this function of the ministry and lives are being changed & pointed to Christ. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of Celebrate Recovery, sits down with Todd Harris, a CR representative in California to hear his heart and how he believes that a revival is spreading through the nation through this new approach to reaching more people through the church and open share group only. Listen to Todd's passion and heart for Jesus and the ministry of celebrate recovery and be inspired.

In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of celebrate recovery, will continue the conversation of understanding how our childhood can play into our present day today. What are some other things that we need to be aware of and how our present behavior might be connected with a root from our past, that needs our attention. Listen in and explore some thoughts and reflective questions to think about as we lean into the greater part of our story to take to the One who heals the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

In the recovery journey, we are lifelong learners. Sometimes things can show up and give us information that is so important that we lean into so that we can understand our greater story. The goal is not to keep us stuck there or even shame or blame our family system, but understand it so that we can ultimately grow toward healing. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of celebrate recovery will unpack this important topic and help us consider some things to think about so that we can continue the growth process.

Grief is one of the most complex aspects of the recovery journey that we will all walk through. There is an element of grief in all of our stories that we may not even be aware of. Some grief has a funeral that follows, and some grief doesn't. In this episode, RodneyHolmstrom, global field, director of Celebrate recovery, will unpack and help us understand how some of the losses of what never was or shattered dreams are just as important to grieve and organize toward healing as any other aspect of grief. Healing happens when we organize and name the grief with God and safe community.

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One of the schemes from the enemy is to convince us to keep those past stories and the scary parts of our heart in hiding and in that dark cave. But there is a high cost to hiding and staying in a place of secrecy. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of celebrate recovery, will unpack the importance of our story and understanding how naming all parts of our story leads to healing so that we can walk in healing and a new beautiful story that God has painted for us.

One of the richest parts of celebrate recovery is understanding that it's not a behavioral management process but a transformational heart process. It's so important to understand how we find ourselves in these unhealthy spaces of habits. One of the ways that we combat the addictions and habits begin to lose their power is by addressing the lies that live beneath them. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field, director of celebrate recovery, will unpack how lies form and how the hurts and trauma from our past create unhealthy tracks to become our unhealthy lies and how we ultimately lead to God's truth toward healing and new healthy practices.

In the recovery process, it can be painful to acknowledge and admit some things from our past, and present that are causing havoc on our life and relationships. The retraining and redeeming process is not always easy and can become an obstacle to continuing the road to recovery. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of celebrate recovery, will unpack some of the ways things seem to get harder on our journey and confuse us toward possibly giving up on the healing journey. What are some things that we can be aware of to be encourage in the hard struggle that can be indicators toward healing, change, and growth?

In the last episode, we unpacked, at a high-level what addictions are and hopefully grow our curiosity and empathy toward the reasons why addictions might show up in our life. But what is the path toward freedom look like? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, will help us continue the conversation around addictions and how the path toward freedom through CR can help us work toward lasting recovery.

1 in 3 people that come to Celebrate Recovery deal with some kind of substance abuse addiction. Everyone else is dealing with the things underneath the surface that lead to addictions. However, addictions are a part of what CR helps people face in their life. It's important to understand in general what addictions are and what the healing path might look like. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacks this important topic to give us a little bit of clarity around addictions, and maybe a deeper curiosity of how to face it as we walk through it with other people.

It doesn't seem possible, but we are living in a world where we have more tools and forms of communication then we've ever had in our lifetime. And yet, we are probably the loneliest we've ever been as a culture. Why? How is that possible? What are the things that we need to be aware of that could be barriers to moving from loneliness to healthy community and connection? What are the things that we can do as next steps to move from hiding to healing? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of celebrate recovery will help unpack this important topic to help us combat the loneliness that becomes our choice in what we do with it. How does celebrate recovery help us in this process?

The longer we are on the road to recovery the more tempting it is to make the resource our idol instead of the Source who is worthy to be worshipped. How do we work the program and not make the program an idol. One of our sayings at Celebrate Recovery is "keep coming back because it works if you work it and it won't if you don't". Does that mean we take control back or release control? What does that mean to work the program? Understanding the heart behind this is essential to keeping things balanced, and keeping our perspective and eyes on God.In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of Celebrate Recovery, will discuss and help us understand the difference between 'working' it to check a box versus 'surrendering' control, and walking in healthy recovery.

You don't have to look very far to see the broken world around us. Circumstances happen left, and right, and they can consume us if we aren't aware, creating great fear inside our thinking and our heart. Is it possible to have peace even when our circumstances don't change around us? What does peace in the midst of our circumstances look like? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will share a story of lessons he learned from his mom in her last months of her life, lying in a hospital bed. Listen in and find the nuggets that you might be able to apply to your own life & circumstances.

In this episode, we will continue the conversation in understanding how facing our past trauma, abandonment, and rejection can ultimately bring healing. How does facing it bring clarity in God's purpose for our lives so that the past pain does not go wasted. In this part 2 episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery continues the important conversation of how leaning into our pain, although difficult, will always be worth it for God's greater purpose. 

Unfortunately, in this world, we will have trouble that brings up a lot of trauma, abandonment, and rejection. In celebrate recovery we are about facing those past traumatic wounds. But what happens when we avoid all of that and how does it shape our present in future when left unresolved? How does facing the pain of our past impact our present and our future? In this part 1 episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will lean into some things to be aware of and how it shapes our belief system, our choices, and how we interact with the world, ourselves, and God. What are the healing benefits of facing the pain of our past?

In this episode of Acta Non Verba, Marcus Aurelius Anderson sits down with Doug Bopst, an award-winning personal trainer, author, and host of The Adversity Advantage podcast. Doug shares his powerful transformation from convicted felon and drug addict to recovery advocate and mindset coach. He also discusses how to navigate life's challenges without self-destructing, the dangers of external validation, and why taking responsibility during hard times builds the resilience needed for future success. This raw conversation explores addiction recovery, the pandemic's impact, finding fulfillment beyond money, and how adversity reveals who we truly are. Episode Highlights [2:24]- The biggest misconception about adversity: Doug explains why people believe pain will last forever and how tunnel vision during hard times prevents us from seeing the blessing until we're through it. [25:20] - From jail cell to transformation: Doug recounts his arrest at 20 years old with half a pound of marijuana, his cold turkey detox in jail, and how a cellmate's tough love conversation changed his entire life trajectory. [9:53] - The external validation trap: Why achieving success markers like YouTube plaques doesn't bring lasting happiness, and how chasing external validation becomes a subtle addiction that mentally imprisons us. [39:27] - Pandemic adversity lessons: How the uncertainty of COVID-19 tested Doug's recovery blueprint and proved he could get through anything by controlling what was controllable without self-destructing. Doug Bopst is an award-winning personal trainer, bestselling author of three books, and host of The Adversity Advantage podcast. A former convicted felon and drug addict, Doug spent time in jail in 2008 for possession with intent to sell. While incarcerated, he kicked his addiction, transformed his life, and has been in recovery ever since. Now he's on a crusade to inspire others to overcome adversity and become the best version of themselves, showing that how you respond during hard times determines your future. Find him at Doug Bopst on all platforms. Learn more about the gift of Adversity and my mission to help my fellow humans create a better world by heading to www.marcusaureliusanderson.com. There you can take action by joining my ANV inner circle to get exclusive content and information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this ministry, we can find that it doesn't always have a pretty ending and can be heart wrenching to walk-through. Thankfully, this doesn't happen the majority of the time, but it does happen from time to time and we need to prepare hearts for if it does. In this episode Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, will walk us through some important reminders to equip us in handling the deepest pain of losing someone that we walked along side and shepherded, maybe in death or relapse, etc. How do we heal and take our hearts to the Lord? How can we possibly keep going and what God has called us to in our ultimate purpose and mission? Listen to some important points to equip us in these rare but important possibilities.IMPORTANT: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal ideation or self-harm please seek help and consider professional attention if needed. Dial 988 to talk to a professional to be a bridge toward the help that you deserve.

A question that might come up in the Recovery journey is "why should I deal with my past? Doesn't Paul say we should forget the past and strain forward?" Understanding the difference between getting stuck in our past and honoring our past with the whole goal of moving forward with a new purpose is essential to walking in freedom or staying stuck in our past trauma and pain. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will walk us through a conversation on what it looks like to understand the difference between staying stuck in our past and honoring our past so that God can bring redemption and restoration so that we can walk in Freedom.

In celebrate recovery, we all have our own experiences and the way the Holy Spirit grows and changes us through the principles and steps of celebrate recovery. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, sits down with North Central regional Director, Scott Kemp to talk about his favorite step & principle of CR. He shares his heart and why it means so much to him even 30+ years later in his recovery journey.

Matt Cota Meadowhill ConsultingLawmakers are considering a tiered spending cap as a way to rein in education costs. Lawmakers are also focusing on Vermont's Career Technical Education centers. Housing is also getting more attention.Vermont lawmakers continue to weigh proposals to eliminate or modify the state's vehicle inspection program. Gregory Tatro-Jenna's Promise, and Daniel Franklin, on Recovery Day- February 11th, in Montpelier, and Turning Towards the Light, A Healing Concert  February 15 | 3:30–5:30 PM | Jenna's House, JohnsonWe are honored to welcome back Danny Granstaff, a talented and accomplished musician.Then Senator Virginia “Ginny” Lyons with 25 Years in the State LegislatureSenator Lyons currently chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. 

In this episode, we continue the conversation with a dear sister in Christ, Amanda. We get to hear how God took her from the pains of a sexual assault and addictions to a new beautiful life of giving back, through her words and deeds sharing the good news with other people. Listen in on this episode with Rodney Holmstrom, global field, Director of celebrate recovery, as he has a continued conversation of part two of this incredible hope-filled testimony.

One of the most valuable tools we have in celebrate Recovery is speaking out loud what God has done inside of us. Anytime we have a courageous brother or sister in Christ share their life change story it becomes oxygen for all of our soul regardless of how long we've been on the journey. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field Director of celebrate Recovery, has an impactful and heartfelt conversation with one of our sisters and celebrate recovery, Amanda. A young woman who walked through immense suffering and pain toward Jesus and healing. Amanda is a part of a celebrate Recovery at Lifeline Church in Princeton West Virginia and meets on Sunday nights at 5 PM. Listen to this incredible story and be blessed.

We've been talking about the important discussion around sex, and how God uses it as a beautiful gift in the confines of a marriage between a man and a woman. In this part two conversation, Rodney Holmstrom, global field Director of Celebrate Recovery, walks us through some additional points to consider in how a false view of sexual intimacy can be a counterfeit to true intimacy and healthy relationships with God and others. What is a healthy biblical view of sex and is their hope for us? What if we are struggling with things like pornography, sexually acting out, or other lust mindsets that are consuming us on a daily basis? Listen to this episode and hear some hope that change is possible, if we will acknowledge the struggle and then trust the process as we invite God into our pain and struggles.

We've been talking about God's natural design for release of dopamine, and how the enemy can distort that and even hijack His original design as it relates to sex in the confines of a marriage. What are some ways the enemy lies to us around sex? What are the costs to this? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, will dive into part one of this important topic and how we can learn and grow through the counterfeit ways the enemy hijacks God's design and get back to the natural God-given gift design to walk in healthy intimacy with God and others.

Have you ever found yourself in a place of fatigue, depression, isolating from others and just feeling like you're tolerance for things that used to bring life joy just aren't there anymore? There could be many things that contribute to this, but one of the things that can be contributing is something called dopamine crash. How does the dopamine crash take us out of God's design for life? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack what a dopamine crash is and how going outside of God's design for stimulation and natural dopamine release can lead to unhealthy consequences. There is hope and a way out of it if we're willing to acknowledge it and understand it and invite God and others into it.

There's something incredibly powerful when we get to hear the hope and life change that happens in one of our brothers and sisters in Christ. When we hear another's story, it gives us hope to keep going ourselves. Listen in as Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, interview Jim, to hear an encouraging word and a portion of a powerful life change story.

One of the misconceptions of the enemy is that he is big, loud, and easy to see coming our way. But the truth is, that he is slow, sneaky, and even strategic in how he tries to get us off course. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will talk about some things to be aware of and the lies the enemy can feed us as he prowls around like a lion seeking to devour us. Listen in and find some practical ways to combat the enemies sabotage attempts so that we can keep moving and growing forward in our recovery with our forever family, and Jesus Christ as our higher power.

In recovery, one of the essential principles that we need to fuel our recovery is Hope. If the enemy can get inside our head and heart and convince us that our situation is hopeless and there's no point in moving forward, he has us right where he wants us. But there is another way and some things to think about that can keep the enemy from winning his sabotage efforts. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will lean into some things and ways the enemy might try to sabotage our recovery with hopelessness as we face our situations. Listen in and being encouraged. 

It has been said that if the enemy can't get to us, then he will attack our relationships. What are some of the crafty ways that he might try to create division and pull us away from unity and connection from our marriages, families, or just relationships as a whole? In this episode with Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, we walk through a conversation on specific ways the enemy will try to divide us from the most important resource in our recovery, relationships. What are some ways that we can combat? The enemies lies and sabotage to prevent falling back when the enemy attacks are most important relationships?

During messy and hard times, including the holidays, the enemy may try to break the momentum of our recovery journey. What are some ways that we can maintain the incredible life-giving momentum that He has begun in our recovery journey? What are some things that we can be aware of as we continue step-by-step? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, will unpack some practical reminders and how to maintain momentum and prevent relapse in our recovery journey.

Sometimes in recovery, we can confuse struggling in an area of recovery with the reality of defining freedom. What does freedom look like and does that mean we won't struggle if we are to say we are walking in freedom? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery will provide some language around helping us reframe what it means to walk in freedom with codependency as we struggle to live life on life's terms.

In Celebrate Recovery, we no doubt learned that boundaries and guidelines are essential to keeping us on the right track. Whether it's the small group guidelines, following the DNA or other leadership components, practicing keeping our ministry safe is important. However, how can legalism and becoming the security guard, hinder the healing process and break connection from us and others that God has called us to lead? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack this important topic to help us lean into Grace versus rigidity and rules that separates us from the important connections in our life.

One of the most challenging parts of the recovery journey is found in Principle 6 and Step 8. This is where we pause to honestly survey the damage caused by our past hurts, habits, and hang-ups—acknowledging how our actions have affected both ourselves and others. It's a step that can feel difficult, but it's also one of the most life-changing as we begin to move toward making amends and finding true freedom.In today's episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, is joined by his dear friend and brother in Christ, Mac Owen, Global Director of Celebrate Recovery. Together, they unpack the value and purpose of making amends and how this powerful step brings healing and restoration to our journey.

One of the most challenging disciplines in recovery is the act of stopping and pausing to examine our ways and test them, write them down in a journal and then act of them so that we can stay on the road to recovery. What is the purpose of the crossroads and daily inventory part of this recovery journey? How can this process help us be proactive during life's greatest challenges?In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of Celebrate Recovery, will give us some practical benefits of the daily inventory process to keep us on the road to recovery toward health and restoration.

The holidays are upon us and that can bring some opportunities to grow or triggers that can set us back if we're not careful. What are some practical ways that we can face those relationships in our family of origin, hometown, or others that might bring up triggers from our past? In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of celebrate recovery, will unpack some practical tools and ways that we can proactively face those triggers to help build strength and maintain momentum that would in turn keep us on the road recovery instead of taking us backward. 

Recovery is hard. Sometimes it's easy to shift our thinking into behavioral management and even our recovery as a whole toward management versus healing. But in celebrate recovery, one of the things we lean into is not managing our recovery but walking in a posture of healing. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack some of the differences between management versus healing in our recovery journey and some of the fruit we experience when we choose to surrender control in this healing journey.

Trusting the process can seem so cliché, but is such a critical part to our healing journey. What do I do when things feel hopeless and like it's pointless to continue the process? On the flipside, why should I keep doing the work if I found relief in the good seasons of life?In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery will unpack the important conversation of why trusting the process is important regardless of the season we are in currently.

In celebrate recovery the small group guidelines provide safety for all those in attendance. Is it just for small group or should these follow us outside the group as well? As CR participants, do we fully understand the value of avoiding crosstalk, or does it feel like a silly rule that would be fun to break? In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery will unpack this important guideline and expand on some additional thoughts.

The celebrate recovery process helps us to face those family of origin struggles, our experiences with relationships and other wounds early on that have impacted us. Through the process, we learned some things about us and why we may respond to our relationships with others and God in the ways that we do. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, walks us through some attachment language and things to be aware that might be preventing us from healthy connection with God and others toward healing and healthy, secure relationships.

Life has a way of throwing things at us that can feel overwhelming and hopeless as we witness the broken world around us. How can we celebrate our recovery and even have an ounce of gratitude when there's so much brokenness and turmoil happening outside and around us? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, walks us through some important reminders of how to stay anchored to those things that cannot be taken from us to help us walk through what we may be facing and experiencing today toward health and longevity of recovery.

The enemy loves to be deceiving in giving us something like the motivation of longing for validation and recognition to meet our needs. What the enemy doesn't share, though, is the closing costs of getting us off the focus that God directed us, which ultimately takes us off mission. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacks some of the things that we need to be aware of around the topic of seeking validation and recognition and how that can pull us away from God's plan in our life.

In our culture, scars are often seen as flaws—symbols of brokenness, weakness, or something to hide. But in recovery, scars tell a very different story. They become powerful reminders of survival, healing, and God's grace at work in our lives. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacks how scars can shift from shame to strength, from pain to purpose, and how they serve as markers of beauty, growth, and hope on the road to recovery.

In Celebrate Recovery two foundational practices and guidelines we follow to ensure safety are anonymity and confidentiality. Why does Celebrate Recovery honor these two important practices? Is it just for small groups and how does that apply to outside the small group setting or even in the public setting and community? In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will walk us through some things to consider as we honor others' dignity over our curiosity and/or desire to share through anonymity and confidentiality for the overall safety of our ministry.

One of the ways that the enemy will keep us from moving forward is through the conniving tactic of comparison. In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will walk us through some of the ways that the enemy will use comparison to take us off mission and prevent us from living out and celebrating our recovery. Listen in as he walks through some of the things to be aware of, but also ways that we can guard our heart to prevent comparison from taking us out.

One of the ways that the enemy will get us off focus in the path of recovery is through discouragement. What are some ways that he will use discouragement to sidetrack us and get us off course from the mission and focus of living out Recovery? In this podcast, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will walk us through some of those things to be aware of and ways that we can guard our heart to stay the course in our recovery journey.

Sometimes submitting to the process to go deeper can be scary. Why do we fight change and why is it so scary to discover the roots of the dysfunction in our life that's leading to unhealthy patterns? What does it look like to embrace change versus fighting change? In this episode join Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, and Andy Petry, Landing Director of Celebrate Recovery as they discuss the value of clinging to Jesus instead of wrestling and fighting with him as he brings change to our life.

We are continuing the conversation around adult children of dysfunctional families, and how those unhealthy and dysfunctional roles that we can develop can move toward healing and a new healthy future. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of CR, will walk us through part two of how Celebrate Recovery can ultimately create a safe space, through Jesus and biblical truth, and a structure process to understand those old dysfunctional labels and ultimately replace them with our true identity in Christ.

Often when we walk into recovery, we experience revelations on how dysfunctional our family system was growing up. Growing up in these family systems we can take on dysfunctional roles that can be helpful to understand why we do what we do, but ultimately move us to do something different in health. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, global field director of celebrate recovery, will walk us through some common roles and the functions of those roles toward ultimately understanding how celebrate Recovery can bring healing toward a new healthy future.