Resources
Christian Addictions Recovery Ministries SocietyThe resources presented here are intended to be informative; Charm does not recommend any specific organizations, nor does Charm endorse specific viewpoints.
Articles & Books
Christian Healing and Addictions Recovery Patrick Zierten
A Pastoral Message on Substance Abuse
www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/
Core Competencies for Clergy and Other Pastoral Ministers in Addressing Alcohol and Drug Dependence and the Impact on Family Members
www.samhsa.gov
Hope and Healing: A practical toolkit for faith and community leaders in the face of the opioid epidemic
Substance Abuse, Religion and Spirituality
www.ojp.gov
Families Recover From Addiction (The Twelve Steps and Ignation Spirituality)
Personal Counselling
Vancouver Archdiocese Personal Counselling services of those who practice in the Chrisitan tradition – both Catholic and Eccumenical
rcav.org/personal-counselling
Patrick Zierten
Destiny Recovery Coaching and Consulting
Patrickzierten@gmail.com
778.686.6376
Christian Meditation
Meditation Creates Community
wccm.org
Substance Use Treatment Programs
Adult and Teen Challenge BC – Christian treatment programs for men and women
Life Recovery – Christian abstinence based residential recovery support for women
Mercy House – Christ-centred resources and residential treatment programs for women
Sancta Maria House – Catholic Christian Healing/Recovery Home for Women
Talitha Koum Society – Christian Recovery Home for Women and their Children
Wagner Hills Farm Society – Residential recovery programs for men and women
Nutrition and Addictions Recovery
“… so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.”
Romans 12:2