Stop Hiding Start Healing

Craig Brown will elaborate on topics like these:
* Recovery begins when your pain is finally greater than your fear of changing. 
* The consequences of unresolved pain lead to destructive habits and behaviors that lead to unhealthy life patterns, relationships and a life riddled with problems.
* When you hide, all you are doing is prolonging your suffering.
* The number one reason we struggle in secret or we hide our secret struggle is shame.
* Character defects are a result of our family background, current circumstances and life choices.
* Having healthy boundaries is essential to being a healthy person, both external and internal boundaries are needed for your recovery.
* God’s truth is the cornerstone of our recovery and healing.

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Author | Speaker | Recovery Pastor

Craig Brown is the author of Stop Hiding Start Healing. In this course he adds new thoughts and Biblical applications to his book on Christ-centered recovery.

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Stop Hiding Start Healing Introduction

Craig D. Brown introduces his course Stop Hiding Start Healing with a peak inside his early years where he was sucked up into the drug life. At the time of his life he began to self-medicate his pain, shame and guilt with drugs and alcohol. He was in a pit of darkness, deeply depressed and paranoid.

When Your Pain Is Greater Than Your Fear

Craig begins his course retelling the moment his father passed away and how it was also the day he decided to quit drinking and doing drugs. His pain that day was finally greater than his fear of changing.

The Consequences of Unresolved Pain

The consequences are many if we never take the time to admit, process and heal from the pain of our past. When pain is suppressed it acts as if it were a disease under the surface affecting our ability to function in a healthy way emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically.

This Is Why You Hide

Craig D. Brown in this chapter helps you better understand why you hide and how you can come out of hiding to live a life of freedom and wholeness.

Your Secret Struggle

The number one reason we struggle in secret or we hide our secret struggle is shame.

The Challenges of Your Secret Struggle

Major barriers to recovery from addiction are denial, shame and guilt.

Removing Your Character Defects

This segment is going to help you recognize and identify your character defects and shortcomings. You will discover how to recognize them and ask God to remove them through prayer, accountability and by developing increased self-awareness.

Where Did Our Character Defects Come From?

Character defects are a result of our background, current circumstances and life choices.

Never Take Advice From Someone More Messed Up Than You Are

Never take advice from someone more messed up than you are. One of the most important things we should ever do when it comes to friendships is to surround ourselves with people who are safe and people who we can trust. Especially when we are dealing with painful life issues and struggles.

Healthy Boundaries Are Essential to Your Recovery

Learn to say “No.” Establishing boundaries means you have to be able to say the word no from time to time.

Developing Better Self-Control

Self-control is absolutely essential. Lack of self-control causes us to run and hide from the pain; we tend to allow the pain to enter in and dominate our emotions.

Find a New Family

Our family is how we start to define ourselves, our world, our values. From our experiences and interactions with our families. They are the foundation from which we grow. They provide us support, encouragement, love, a place we can return to. But what if your experience was different from what I just described?

How to Handle Deception

In this session, you will learn how to pivot from the old negative self-talk, deception and lies from the enemy and embrace God’s truth about you and his love, hope and encouragement.

Your Struggle Is Not Your Identity

Is your identity rooted in your pain, shame, guilt or life struggle? Do you identify as a failure, or an addict or alcoholic?

You Can Create a New Past

Christ-centered recovery is a future ministry. And in order to create a really bright, successful, blessed filled future, with promises for each and every one of us, we first have to deal and lay the groundwork for our new past. Our new past and new future will never take shape if we’re still living in the old.

Developing an Increased Self-Awareness

How well do you know you? Have you ever taken the time to evaluate your life, your emotions, defects, shortcomings, strengths, weaknesses and blind spots? 

Triggers & Warning Signs

Once you have stopped hiding and started healing by creating a new past, identifying and removing your character defects and shortcomings, being honest and revealing your secrets, you must then identify the triggers and warning signs that if ignored, will produce temptation and draw you back into your former dysfunctional lifecycle.

Avoid Falling Back Into Addiction

Craig D. Brown reminds us that we just don’t wake up one morning and decide that today is the day I am going to relapse. The process begins with a trigger and can last days, weeks or months before finally giving up and falling back into our old dysfunctional lifestyle of addiction.

The Doorstep to Healing & Freedom

Once you decide to come out from behind the mask and stop hiding, and once you have reached the point where the pain in your life is greater than your fear of changing and healing, you are now positioned to do whatever it takes to get well.

Stop Hiding Start Healing Conclusion

Craig D. Brown recaps the many things you have learned through his course Stop Hiding Start Healing.

Your guide, Craig Brown