Of course, I didn't expect a lot of you to raise your hands -- but if some of you did, please get up with me privately, as I may have some experience strength and hope that will perhaps be useful to you!
But I will bet one thing: I 'll bet that every one of you reading this knows somebody with that problem, maybe a family member, someone you worked with, a neighbor, somebody who goes to your church, someone you knew at school. That's how widespread the problem is. That's how pervasively it saturates our modern culture from top to bottom.
Those of us who work with addiction consider it an "Equal Opportunity" disease. Because it doesn't matter what family you were born into, it doesn't matter how much money you make, or how far you succeeded in school, or what color you are, what culture you embrace, or what side of the tracks you happened to be born on.
It takes courage, determination, treatment, luck, support, and help from the Almighty to successfully beat addiction. For forty years the halfway house at Christian Fellowship Home has been helping newly recovered men to beat the odds and lead productive lives. It doesn't succeed with all men, but it works for a lot of them. I know because I am one of those men.
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From time to time our halfway house program reaches out to
the world at large for contributions. This weekend will be one of those times
as we broadcast our 6th annual Telethon. The live, three hour show,
carried on our local cable station WHIG TV, will feature testimonials from
residents, endorsements from community leaders, and entertaining music
featuring local talent. You can call in during the show and make a pledge, or
use othe PayPal link on our website donations page, www.cfhrockymountnc.com,
to make a contribution.
No contribution is too small for us to appreciate. An
$85 contribution for instance, will provide a whole week of complete support services
for a newly admitted indigent resident. A $40 gift will allow us to take care of the co-pay
to get a resident to the local clinic for emergency medical or dental
services. A $10 pledge will cover the
generic cost of needed medications for men coming to us out of treatment
centers and detox units. We are an IRS registered 501 (c) 3 charity, so your
contributions are tax deductible, and our financial information is available to review on
Guidestar.com at:
Please consider helping us fulfill our mission of helping
newly recovered substance abusers beat the odds and live productive, sober
lives.
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