Clifton Celebrate Recovery

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6:30 pm. Every Thursday.

12/31/2025

Anthony Hopkins Credits God for 50 Years of Sobriety — And That Makes People Uncomfortable

Anthony Hopkins has openly credited God for nearly 50 years of sobriety. And predictably, the internet is split.

Some applaud the honesty. Others rush in to explain it away—“It was discipline,” “It was therapy,” “It was willpower,” “It was science.” As if acknowledging God somehow erases human effort.

But that reaction reveals something deeper.

Modern culture is comfortable with recovery stories… as long as God stays out of them.

Hopkins doesn’t deny responsibility. He doesn’t minimize work, accountability, or struggle. He simply refuses to pretend he did it alone. And that’s the part that irritates people—the idea that strength can come from surrender.

Sobriety isn’t just about quitting a substance. It’s about facing the thing inside you that keeps reaching for escape. For many people, that battle isn’t won by willpower alone. It’s won when pride breaks and help is finally accepted—from God, from others, or both.

What makes this story powerful isn’t celebrity. It’s longevity. Fifty years isn’t a phase. It’s a life reshaped. And when someone walks that long without relapsing, dismissing their testimony starts to feel dishonest.

The truth is, people don’t reject stories like this because they’re untrue. They reject them because they challenge the idea that humans are self-sufficient.

Hopkins’ story reminds us of something uncomfortable but biblical: humility is strength. Admitting you needed God doesn’t make you weak—it means you finally stopped pretending you were enough on your own.

You don’t have to share his theology to respect his honesty. But you can’t rewrite someone’s testimony just because it doesn’t fit your worldview.

Sometimes the most radical thing a person can say isn’t “I did it myself”—
it’s “I couldn’t.”

And for some reason, that still offends people.

12/25/2025

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12/04/2025

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09/25/2025

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08/25/2025

The sky after our Thursday night meeting. Praise God!

07/24/2025

Meeting 6:30 pm every Thursday @ First Baptist Church