International Christian Recovery Coalition Formed

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International Christian Recovery Coalition
P.O. Box 837, Kihei, Maui, HI 96753-0837
A New Way Out
“We Christians in the Recovery Arena Are Not Alone”

PRESS RELEASE Contact:
June 4, 2009 Dick B.--Writer, Historian, Recovered AA
Tel.: (808) 874-4876; Email: dickb@dickb.com

Coalition of International Christian Recovery Leaders Formed Today

Christian recovery leaders announced today that they will build on the consensus achieved at “A Nationwide Recovery Conference with Dick B.” recently held at Mariners Church Community Center in Irvine, California. Meeting together over the period from May 14 to May 16, 2009, Christian leaders, people in recovery, and servants in the recovery arena, from many parts of Canada and the United States, presented a wide variety of programs and views on how the recovery principles and practices of the highly-successful program of early Alcoholics Anonymous—with its documented, 75% and 93% success rates (in Akron and Cleveland, respectively) among “seemingly-hopeless,” “medically-incurable,” “real” alcoholics who thoroughly adhered to that program—may be used today to help those who suffer with life-controlling problems and self-destructive behaviors such as alcoholism and drug abuse.

The International Christian Recovery Coalition includes individual children of God and Christian organizations who strongly believe that the power of God is a foundational root of early A.A. recovery successes. They will seek to restore, recognize, and apply this foundational root in recovery efforts today. Coalition participants come from Canada, United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Mexico, and Brazil.

Coalition objectives include: (1) Sharing experience, research, resources, and successful Christian recovery efforts. (2) Providing Christian recovery resources to prisons, the homeless, those at risk and abandoned; alcoholics and addicts; recovery and 12-Step fellowships; hospitals, treatment centers, rehabs, detoxes, therapists, churches, clergy, Christian recovery groups; and the medical, academic, and scientific communities. (3) Developing concise, informational literature; internet web sites, forums, and blogs; radio, audio, DVD, film, and TV outreach materials; and conferences, seminars, and panels. (4) Assisting each other in efforts of common interest (5) Establishing referral links joining: (a) those who want to study and utilize early A.A. principles and practices; (b) those who wish to find sponsors, counselors, and centers which offer such principles and practices; and (c) those who wish to communicate with like-minded participants. (6) Preparing brief introductions, literature, and resources suitable for the specific and varied needs of those participating in the Coalition; and (7) Fostering and facilitating access to libraries, archives, historical collections, and literature illustrating the role of God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible in successful recovery efforts throughout history.

Coalition participants will be conducting meetings in Newport Beach, California, from July 12 to 20, 2009, and gathering in Maui in late December.