Life Recovery

Life Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step recovery group for any hurts, habits, or hang-ups. We use 12 steps based on Scripture to work God's character into our lives and to help us remove our own character defects. Experience God's healing power for a variety of addictions and habits. Meetings are available Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 

Meetings and availability vary.  Please call (210) 477-1741 for information. Tuesday night meetings are held every week of the year with the exception of the last week of December.  Classes are held in the Children's Building and various portable buildings. If you are looking for a particular class, come to the information booth outside the gym for room locations.

    • 7:00-8:30pm Small Group meeting
    • 8:30-9:00pm Fellowship Time

Life Recovery Groups

Please contact me for more information about Support and Life Recovery Groups:

  • Patti Cummins
  • Director, Support & Recovery
  • (210) 477-1741

    Women's Chemical Addiction | Top


    Are you recovering from or struggling with an addiction to alcohol or drugs? Come to a time of worship, teaching, and open share group to gain hope and healing. Our Christ-centered, 12-step ministry is here to help you.


    Groups are open to ages 18 and over.


    • Meeting Day: Tuesday
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Freedom from Anger, The Pursuit of Happiness | Top


    Don't let anger take control. Whether your anger is from tension at work, frustration at home, or just life in general, this workbook will help you modify the anger that keeps you from inner peace and contentment. Most people stereotype anger by assuming that it always results in shouting, slamming fists, or throwing things. However, anger is not that one-dimensional. We all deal with anger in our lives - whether it be in a subtle or violent manner. Being angry can involve such emotional expressions as frustration, irritability, annoyance, aggravation, blowing off steam, or fretting. The good news is anger can be managed.


    Spring Semester 2010: Tuesdays, starting January 26

    • Time: 6:30-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Register.


    Women's Codependency | Top

    Testimony: 12-Steps, a safe place to land


    Do you try to rescue or control others? Are you driven to be a people pleaser? Have you experienced hurt, anger, guilt, or loneliness in your relationships? Find healing as you use the biblical 12 steps to break free of destructive patterns.


    This open share group is ongoing. Open to ages 18 and over.


    • Meeting Day: Tuesday
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Men's Chemical Addiction | Top


    Are you recovering from or struggling with an addiction to alcohol or drugs? This 12-step program is based on the 8 Beatitudes of Christ to help you on your road to recovery.

    This open share groups is ongoing for men ages 18 and over.
     

    • Meeting Day: Tuesday
    • Time: 7:00- 8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.


    12-Step Study for Men | Top


    These groups meet weekly for in-depth studies of each of the 12 steps. We incorporate the Life Recovery Bible and the 4 Celebrate Recovery participant guides to gain a better understanding of the 12 steps and how they work.


    Groups are open to ages 18 and over. Our 12-step classes meet at various times. Please call for information.


    • Meeting Day: Group is currently closed. Call us at (210) 477-1741 about other options on Tuesday nights.
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    12-Step Study for Women | Top

    Testimony: What is 12-Step?


    These groups meet weekly for in-depth studies of each of the 12 steps. We incorporate the Life Recovery Bible and the 4 Celebrate Recovery participant guides to gain a better understanding of the 12 steps and how they work.


    Groups are open to ages 18 and over. Our 12-step classes meet at various times. Please call for information.


    • Meeting Day: Group is currently closed. Call us at (210) 477-1741 about other options on Tuesday nights.
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Big Book Study Group (Co-ed) | Top


    Join with men and women to study the A.A. Big Book. Our facilitator will lead you through the book. You will see the humble beginnings of A.A. and gain an understanding of the 12 Steps. God and His presence are found on the pages of the Big Book.


    Quote from Big Book: "Leaving aside the drink question, they tell why living was so unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them. When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith."


    Groups are open to ages 18 and over.


    • Meeting Day: Monday, 51 weeks a year
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Conquering Codependency | Top

    Conquering Codependency is Part II of the Codependency Program.

    Are you determined to please others, even if you harm yourself emotionally in the process? Do you feel you must succeed at all costs? Are you inclined to perfectionism? Do you withdraw readily from others? Do you often experience hurt, anger, and guilt?

    Conquering Codependency: A Christ-Centered 12-Step Process helps you recognize the painful problems of codependency, the compulsion to fix everyone and everything. It offers sound biblical strategies that give hope and promise healing from the damage codependency can do to your life.

    This material will help you:

    • Acknowledge and define your compulsions
    • Understand the role your parents have played
    • Deal with painful guilt
    • Depend on God through Christ to restore you to spiritual and emotional health

    Open to newcomers all semester.
    Spring Semester 2010: Tuesdays, starting January 26.

    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Register for Conquering Codependency.


    Conquering Eating Disorders (Co-ed) | Top


    Here is an effective, proven program for everyone who has experienced the debilitating disorders of anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating. This 12-step program for overcoming eating disorders tackles the compulsive/addictive patterns in which a person uses food in an emotionally or physically abusive way. 

    The group will learn:

    • What eating disorders are... and are not
    • Reasons why these disorders occur

    This is an ongoing group that meets every Tuesday night and is open to newcomers.

    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: E112 in Education Bldg.
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Post-Abortion Support | Top

    Post-Abortion Support for Women


    Many struggle for years with repressed memories, guilt, shame, and depression. Most women feel they are not allowed to talk about their abortion experience because it was their "choice." If you feel you have never recovered from your abortion experience, or that it may be affecting your current quality of life, then Surrendering the Secret offers a safe place to talk with other women who feel the same things you do and begin healing.

    Winter/Spring Semester starts January 26, 2010


    • Time: 6:30-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    REGISTER.

    Recovery for Female Sexual Addiction | Top

    For Women Only (Ages 18 and over)


    This book is the most current book in the field of sex addiction for women and is packed with new statistics to further our understanding of female sexual addiction. This is a group for any woman struggling in this addiction.


    Also used is a Christian approach to the 12 steps. This book will guide you through the 12 steps of recovery that have been helpful for many addicted people. This book is specifically written for the person desiring recovery from sexual addiction.


    A practical recovery exercise workbook, written specifically for female sex addicts, is also used in this group. Many of these techniques have been successful to help other female sex addicts. This is the most solution-oriented and practical workbook for female sexual addiction to date.

     

    • Tuesdays, 51 weeks a year
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Untangling Relationships | Top

    Untangling Relationships is Part I of the Codependency Program.

    Do you feel responsible to enable others to feel happy and successful? Do you feel guilty when you do not live up to your own standards? Learn how to identify codependency's roots of deception and replace them with the freeing truth of Jesus.

    Testimonies:

    "I am leaving this class more grateful, assertive, understanding, and more humble than when I came in! I am a better person."

    "I have learned greater awareness of ways that I behave and the experiences that may motivate my behavior."

    "All adults, single or married, men and women, would find something very helpful in joining this class."


    Open to newcomers all three semesters.

    Spring Semester 2010: Tuesdays, starting January 26
    • Time: 7:00-8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    REGISTER.

    Recovery for Male Sexual Addiction | Top

    For Men Only - Christian 12-Step Guide for Sex Addiction Recovery.


    You will follow the tradition of the 12-Steps from a Christian perspective, breaking down the various principles for you so that you can experience freedom from sexual addiction. You will experience the freedom Christ has purchased for you and this group will be helpful in your journey to freedom from sexual addiction. Curriculum author, Dr. Douglas Weiss, has lectured across the country and has been a guest on many television and radio stations internationally.

     

    • Tuesday, 51 weeks a year
    • Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
    • Meeting Location: CBC
    • Childcare Provided for Ages: Birth - 6th grade
    • Cost for curriculum is $25-$40 and can be purchased in the CBC bookstore.

    Contact us at (210) 477-1741 or by email for more information.

    Kids' Club Childcare Requirements


    We provide Kids' Club childcare, with advance registration, for all our support groups meeting on campus. Ages range from Birth to 6th Grade. For information and registration, please call (210) 477-5215 or (210) 253-5966.