“Please Contact to Arrange for my Proper Burial”
When Drew was dropped off at the doors of Guiding Light four years ago, his dad gave him a business card to keep in his wallet.
When Drew was dropped off at the doors of Guiding Light four years ago, his dad gave him a business card to keep in his wallet.
At Guiding Light Recovery, programming is centered around 7 Focus Points. The first one being the concept of Willingness.
Every Tuesday, men staying at Guiding Light attend a cognitive behavioral therapy class facilitated by staff-members Daniel Irwin, Michael Ryan, Jacob Passerman, or Ryan Becksford.
Every few months we celebrate graduates of the Guiding Light Recovery program that reach a year of sobriety. Check it out!
After years in and out of sobriety, Chad describes that period of life as being in “a very dark place” of depression and drug use, including an overdose.
Guiding Light staff has been hard at work renovating two rooms that have been dedicated spaces for the men of our Recovery program to receive Spiritual Direction.
Parris got to the point where “enough was enough” and he reached out for help at Guiding Light.
We often try to avoid the things that make us feel uncomfortable: topics, ideas, or actions that might take us to a scary and vulnerable place, such as DEATH.
The harsh reality of addiction is that many do not make it to recovery. Many simply do not get it, many die, many move on, struggling to cope by substituting one addiction for another.
Andy came to Guiding Light with nothing to lose. His addiction burnt every bridge he had, and he wanted to prove that nothing could change him.