Jon is a veteran of treatment programs. By his calculation, he has been through as many as 15. Starting with his first, after a car crash at age 25, each one has followed pretty much the same sequence. Stop drinking for a while. Relapse. Start drinking again. “I wasn’t doing anything to maintain my sobriety … Read more
May 2024 Joe, Matt, Tim, Mike, Jacob, and Jordan celebrated their first full year of abstience-based sobriety. Guiding LIght hosts a Year Sobriety Celebration several times a year to celebrate the hard work these men (and soon women!) have put in to life life in a different way. These men completed the four-month Guiding Light … Read more
Elisha Ash is all too familiar with women in addiction, Now she is helping to write the next chapter of Guiding Light as our new women’s program manager.
Living on the street is awful. Just ask Mike.
“It gets real rough, especially in the winter. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. No sleep. You are always up, watching your back. You’re always trying to figure out where your next meal coming from.”
That was his life for years. Today he is sober, healthy and employed, with a clear-eyed understanding of how the path to homelessness and hopelessness started with his drinking at a young age.
When Brian discovered Guiding Light, he found a program committed to him for the long haul. A staff that truly cared about helping him.
New results demand new ways of acting and new ways of being — and discomfort is inherent in growth and sanctification.
“I was willing to do whatever it took. My biggest thing was responsibility. I decided, ‘I’m going to be on time for everything. I’m going to do all my work. I’m going to do whatever is expected of me.’”
Last year Guiding Light Recovery participant Ben walked through our doors seeking a way into a new life. After spending years struggling with addiction and homelessness, he finally had enough and asked for help. “Having a warm, safe bed and a door that locked,” was one of the most important gifts he received at Guiding … Read more
On February 22nd 2024, Guiding Light – a non-profit serving Grand Rapids for 95 years – got approval from the city to open housing for women that will be served by the Guiding Light Recovery Women’s Program. The program will provide women with free, long-term, in-patient substance abuse treatment and aftercare. To learn more here!
In January 2024, Guiding Light Recovery graduates Ben, Tom, Adam, Quinn, Ian, Tim, and Jared had a chance to formally celebrate reaching one year of sobriety. They each share a testimony of how their lives have changed over the past year, they formally nail their name onto our wall of 100 other men who have … Read more
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