Ministering to Addicts - Softcover

Makepeace, Trudy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1915046238 ISBN 13: 9781915046239

Verlag: Malcolm Down Publishing Limited, 2022

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Ministering to Addicts has been written to help inform ministers, churches and other Christian organisations who seek to open their doors and hearts to those who find themselves struggling with or recovering from addiction.
This booklet is by no means exhaustive but as a former addict of 18 years, Trudy Makepeace shares personal insights from her own journey, as one who has experienced healing and freedom. Trudy brings this together with what she has learned and encountered as a support worker and then manager of a Christian rehabilitation centre in South Wales, and recently as an outreach worker and evangelist.
Whilst there is not one prescriptive pathway to see people step into and maintain freedom from addiction, Trudy believes the content of Ministering to Addicts is vital to the individual’s ongoing freedom and recovery. Her hope is to bring insight and confidence as you support others on this journey.

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Trudy Makepeace===============

Trudy Makepeace is an evangelist and minister of the Gospel. Based in local Church she is actively involved in the leadership encouraging, training, and equipping the church in discipleship, mission, and evangelism. Since coming to faith 15 years ago Trudy has managed a rehabilitation centre, ministered in prisons and is the author of her memoir, Abused Addicted Free.

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AddictionAddiction is a stronghold. Addiction is the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.Drug and alcohol addiction is an epidemic not only here in the West but all over the world; it has become part of our cultural landscape. It is important to recognise that addiction is not just about substance and alcohol abuse, but can also include lust, pornography, sex, adultery, gambling, stealing, shopping, materialism, medication, money, social status, work, sugar, food, self-harm, computer games, social media and much more.However, drugs and alcohol tend to be more outwardly noticeable because there is often a more dramatic change in physical appearance, behaviour, and emotional well-being.Drug and alcohol addictionDrug abuse and alcohol addiction is now known and understood to be a brain disease as it alters the mind. It affects the structure of the brain and how it works. This can be seen in harmful behaviours that addicts display.1Addiction is born out of choices, not that one chooses to become an addict, but these choices are often influenced by and associated with trauma and/or unhealthy childhood experiences which were not within the child’s control. An ongoing repetition of a poor choice, in this example of using alcohol and drugs, leads into dependency. Consequently, the chosen substance often gets its hook into people before they are aware of it.Addiction blocks and inhibits new learning and affects the brain’s ability to make good, healthy, and responsible choices. It alters the way the brain thinks. It also stunts emotional growth and maturity. For the addict their substance of choice increasingly becomes the focus and driving force in their life. As their addiction increases their obsession increases. This means their cognitive skills are increasingly impaired and, therefore, the ability to take control and make good choices. Gradually they become enslaved. At that point addiction becomes a life-threatening issue as subsequent behaviours become more erratic and irrational, leading to harmful and dangerous consequences which affect them physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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• Verlag: Malcolm Down Publishing Limited
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1915046238
• ISBN 13: 9781915046239
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 55
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