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Spring break used to mean something very different to me. In my head, I told myself I was present. I was FINE. But there is a hard truth here. I was constantly thinking about how I could slip away to the store by myself. Wondering if anyone was watching what was in my cup…araid I’d be found out. Planning where I could hide the alcohol in the rental so no one would see it. Even in the middle of “family time,” my mind was somewhere else. Consumed. Preoccupied. Managing it all.

Surrender Is Stronger Than Shame: A Journey to Freedom Five years ago, shame was running my life. It told me this was just who I was. It told me I had already messed up too much. It told me freedom was for other women — not for me. Maybe it’s telling you the same thing. This week, we celebrated Stephanie’s five years of sobriety — five years of freedom that began with one brave, surrendered yes. Her five years are more than a milestone. They are part of the reason the doo

A Christian Addiction Recovery For Women That Starts With Jesus Scripture is the Big Book at Selah House Recovery It has never been my agenda to push myself on anyone. I’ve never tried to sell sobriety. I believe in salvation—and there isn’t a price tag on that. It’s free for the taking, and it’s not mine to sell. Salvation is what I received the day I got sober. Freely Given. Maybe I thought I had it before. I probably would have said I did. I grew up a Christian, after all