Drug Addiction and Christian Recovery

One of the main reasons it has been so difficult, I believe, to find adequate and sufficient treatment over the past decade or so is due to the fact that insurance companies are requiring so much more of the individual and his or her policy. Certain limitations and coverage technicalities have allowed insurance companies to "escape" without having to pay for even a part of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery. Perhaps for this reason so many have found it easier to seek treatment from Christian organizations which deal with and manage such societal deficiencies.

As the cost for treatment for addiction and alcoholism soared in the 1980's many drug insurance companies began to create policies which did not cover entrance to a facility. Who would be filling out paper work and circle themselves or a family member as an addict or alcoholic anyways?

Addiction to alcohol or drugs is classified as an illness and is understood by the treatment community to be a disease, but many Christian leaders have found they hold the keys to answering the problem and have responded by creating Christ based recovery centers all over the United States. These centers fill a very broad spectrum of curriculum and adhere to varying ideologies and doctrines. Finding one of these centers that suits can be especially difficult.

Christian Love Ministries, in Murphy NC has offered treatment for addictions since 1986. Perhaps as an answer to receding numbers of treatment options, God called the founder of CLM to start building this treatment center in the early 1980's. Three times its Market Place thrift store would be washed away with the Hiawassee River. Many additions and building plans were created without the funding for their creation. The money simply would prove to be their right when necessity called for their implementation. Thus, the ministry has never had to take on a loan or pay off any debts since opening.

The success of Christian Love Ministries has touched the lives of 1000's of individuals over the years. Many have only been participants as volunteers, donors or as Wednesday church service leaders at the ministry. These volunteer and staff positions have been filled by just the right person at just the right time to offer an individual and unique approach to treatment at Christian Love Ministries. As a student entering the program one is met with confidence, respect and assurance that their needs will be met and filled.

Over the years a separate center for women has been planned, built and continues to thrive. Even working at their own market place in Blairsville, GA, Mary's House has been able to offer what truly lacks in the area of addiction treatment- recovery for women. Dealing with issues specific to gender has been either overlooked or ignored by many programs mistakenly as they came to fruition. An entire program geared towards women's issues is crucial to being effective on an individual level.

Post treatment care at Christian Love Ministries goes a step farther than traditional centers by including a halfway house for men and women. As addicts try to get their lives back in order, many of them have found that living with other addicts and a specific set of guidelines has become necessary. Christian Love Ministries attempts to answer specific demands on an individual level. While offering this tailored and individual treatment, CLM has become a true leader in the field of Christian Recovery.


Most of the programs which are in operation currently were not open when Christian Love Ministries answered a calling by God to help other addicts. The ministries have served to offer a tremendous amount of support and guidance to other centers as they each became self- sufficient. Many of the students that Christian Love has graduated have become drug an alcohol addictions counselors. A connection with a local community college program encourages such scholastic achievement.

If you or anyone you know has a problem or addiction to drugs and / or alcohol, you should contact one of the licensed counselors at Christian Love Ministries for help.

Christian Love Ministries Blog, April 23, 2010.