Welcome to My Blog!

Welcome to my blog.  I am creating this blog to share my ideas about recovery and the LDS community.  I will periodically place portions of my forthcoming workbook on the blog as well.  I want to thank Walnut Springs, and Leatherwood Press for their support and commitment to this important topic.  I also want to thank the countless LDS recovering addicts that have asked questions, offered insight, and shared their stories.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints through LDS Family Services has created The Addiction Recovery Program, or A.R.P.  Service Missionaries are called to head each of the local recovery groups.  The groups use the Addiction Recovery Manual that The Church has published to help members in their recovery.

The statistics are impressive.

The Church’s Addiction Recovery Program is one of the fastest growing programs the Church has implemented.  There will be over 50,000 meetings held during 2010, with nearly 500,000 members attending.  The Church’s Addiction Recovery Program has seen an almost 300% increase in the total number of members attending these meetings over the course of the past five years.  With the program being translated into Spanish, and several other language translations being considered, the growth will only increase.

Tommorrow I will share my story.