Recovery
Celebrate National Recovery Month With Guideposts
Guideposts believes anything is possible—including recovery from addiction—and we invite you to explore our new initiatives in this area.
A Mysterious Sign from God Helped Her Deal with Addiction
She thought her addiction was hopeless until she received a token from a young girl.
5 Things I Wish People Knew About Opioid Dependency
Roberta Messner had been using prescription opioids to manage her pain for years. Here's what she learned from opioid withdrawal.
Spiritual Remedies: Bible-Based Tips for Addiction
Ty'Ann Brown shares a few spiritual remedies for those battling addiction.
Comic Michael Colyar on How His Mother Inspired Him to Get Sober
Comedian Michael Colyar, who spent 23 years addicted to crack cocaine, shares how this mother's faith—in God and in Michael—inspired him to finally achieve sobriety.
In Recovery for His Addiction, He Reconciled with His Father
After the childhood he had, he vowed never to talk to his father again and he almost didn’t.
Are You Helping or Enabling Addiction? How to Tell the Difference
A supervisor with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation explains the concept of enabling someone with a substance use disorder and why you may be hindering your loved one's recovery, not helping.
Her Husband Was Addicted to Meth. Could She Find the Strength to Leave?
Al-Anon helped her to recognize that she was enabling her husband's destructive behavior, but did she have the resolve to leave him—even for his own good?
She Followed God's Voice to Battle Addiction
For years this opera singer's brilliance hid her darker side.
Married to a Meth Addict, She Had Difficult Choices to Make
Listen as Erin Leonhardt shares how she came to understand that she couldn't "fix" her husband's meth addiction, that in trying to help him, she was actually enabling him.
