Christ-Centered Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a program adopted by a church in California called Saddleback Valley Church. John Baker, a believer who struggles with alcoholism, found help through Alcoholics Anonymous and began healing. He found emptiness at AA because he could not refer to his personal Higher Power, Jesus Christ. He presented a plan to start a Christian 12-Step Recovery program to his pastor, Rick Warren. Pastor Rick said. "Do it!" John did and Celebrate Recovery was born. Celebrate Recovery is based on God's Word, the Bible. When Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount, He began by stating eight ways to be happy. Today we call them the "Beatitudes". From a secular standpoint, these statements don't make sense but when you realize what Jesus is saying, you'll realize that these eight principles are God's road to recovery, wholeness, growth, and spiritual maturity.

Here at Salvation Army Harbor Light Center, we focus our calling on ministering and helping those held bound and captive in addictions. We have found that Celebrate Recovery has been the answer to those in need of the true Power that is Higher than all, in being set free from those bonds.