Workshop – Dismantling the Power of Addiction: A message of hope and healing

Almost anything deeply enjoyable has the potential to be addictive. For as long as human beings have had ways to feel good, we have struggled to know when it’s time to stop. For many the consequences are devastating. For some they are fatal.

It has been suggested that there are over 500 possible addictions. These range from the relatively healthy (e.g. exercise, TV, social media), to those with deeply destructive consequences (e.g. smoking, adrenaline, street drugs, alcohol). Most of us will know someone whose life has been deeply impacted by their own addiction or by that of a close friend or family member. And many of us carry our own almost-innocuous addictions.

So what is really happening when the addictive craving takes over, and, in spite of someone’s best intention, their ‘habit’ becomes irresistible? What happens in the brain? What part do our feelings play? How come one addiction morphs so easily into another? Such understanding is essential to help us carry a message of hope for those in desperate need.

There is no magic program that guarantees a cure. But Pastors Peter Holmes and Susan Williams will map the key elements of transformative change to not only bring freedom from addictions but also healing from their hidden drives.

At the end of this 7-session workshop, you will leave with:

• a message of hope for everyone you meet who is the victim of addictive behavior
• an understanding of the addictions you are most vulnerable to and how to avoid them
• the way addiction is shaped by brain chemistry and how that can be changed
• a Biblical perspective on addiction and its hidden drives
• practical steps to help someone wanting to find freedom from their addictions

This workshop is in-person at The Commons, and live-streamed Friday, October 8, from 6:30-9:00pm and Saturday, October 9, from 9:00am-1:00pm. Snacks, coffee and tea will be available.

Click here to register for this workshop.