Ted Shimer
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“We have been blessed by God so we can bless others. The Bible says God “comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (1 Corinthians 1:3-4). God gives freedom so we can help others find freedom too. Those who embrace this vision early will see it enhance their recovery and bring freedom to others.”
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
“Take Steve Kuhn, for instance. In an article about wearing facades, he wrote: Sure, my friends may have enjoyed being with “good-Christian-Steve,” my family may have been proud of “successful-family-man-Steve,” and my wife may have loved “faithful-Steve-who-wasn’t-cheating-on-her,” but if any of those people got to know the real me, they’d reject me in a heartbeat. Or so I thought. The result, sadly, was that no matter how much anyone tried to love me, I knew they were only loving fake versions of me that didn’t exist. The real me was hidden away where no love could ever reach it, parched with a loneliness that was never being quenched.[”
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
“When someone who’s seeking freedom understands that isolation moves them toward acting out, they will recognize the need to move toward community. If they are going on a business trip by themselves, they see the need to make a plan to break isolation with some strategically placed phone calls. If they are going back home to a triggering environment, they plan to regularly break isolation by reaching out to their accountability group. A meetup over coffee or a simple two-minute call can be powerful weapons against the root of isolation.”
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
― The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths That Set Us Free
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