Elevate Recovery

08/03/2025

So relevant in Recovery...

07/30/2025

Another testimony of God's love!
This one is from Brody Kutsch...
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It cost me my marriage.
It cost me precious time with my kids. It cost me an amazing job I loved. And it sent me into a darkness I almost didn’t come back from.

My life was an absolute mess. You would have had to know me to truly understand the kind of person I used to be. I was completely hopeless. I had lost everything; all purpose, all sanity, all good.

But God stepped in. He pulled me out of the darkness, it was an absolute miracle that I stumbled to the hospital in the middle of the winter with a fractured skull and I wouldn’t be a good steward of His grace if I didn’t share this with you.

Today, I’m a dad to a new baby Kayden, a child I never would have known if I had died that night. I have real friendships. A second chance at loving my ex-wife (yes, 5% of people remarry their wives) And an opportunity to show up every day as the man, the father, and the partner I was created to be. My life has real purpose again.

Gods grace is scandalous. I’m not where I want to be but I am reminded this week to be kind to myself. To be grateful for how far I have come. And to remember that my identity is at His feet. My past does NOT define me. How I am today is WHO I am.

I just wanted to remind you today that God is kind. He does not wait for you to come perfectly before Him. He is patient. And he can make broken and hopeless things new. Most days I have no idea what I’m doing. But His Grace is what keeps me.

I used to be wild. Selfish. Reckless.
Anyone who knew me growing up could tell you that.

But today, my deepest desire is to be a good dad. To love Kayle deeply. And to do the will of God faithfully.

Wherever you find yourself today, just know, it gets better.

“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.”

07/27/2025

Beautiful "fingernail" moon tonight after sunset...

07/26/2025

Jonathon Chester
July 17, 2025

They call it a drug, but that word is far too soft. This isn’t w**d or whiskey. No, m**h is som**hing else entirely. M**h is sorcery. When I was in its grip, I didn’t feel high. I felt haunted. It starts like any ritual. A pipe. A flame. A crystal shard. A moment of silence. Then the inhale. And with it, som**hing enters. It doesn’t come as light; it comes as shadow. It wraps itself around your spine and begins to whisper. At first, those whispers feel like power. You think you’re unlocking som**hing: limitless energy, untouchable confidence, euphoria. Sleep? No. Who would sleep through som**hing as good as this? But it’s a lie. You aren’t unlocking anything. You’re being bound. M**h doesn’t just alter your mood - it alters your soul. I’ve watched people lose their reflection in the mirror, watched their eyes shift from windows to prisons. I know, because it happened to me. I wasn’t myself anymore. I was a puppet, and the strings weren’t just chemical, they were spiritual. People don’t understand until they’ve lived it: m**h is demonic. It doesn’t just take your health, your teeth, your money, your kids. It takes your will. It tears open a spiritual door that most people never knew existed, and once that door is opened, som**hing comes through. Som**hing dark. Som**hing ancient. Som**hing hungry. That’s why m**h is unlike anything else. It doesn’t just kill - it curses. And that’s why most people can’t get free on their own. Rehab, jail, programs - they help some, but when someone truly breaks free from m**h, there’s almost always a deeper story. A holy one. M**h is sorcery, and you don’t break a spell with willpower. You break it with deliverance. That’s why I speak boldly now. That’s why I risk sounding crazy. Because I was crazy. I lived in a realm of darkness that most people only glimpse in nightmares. And now I’m free. So if you’re reading this and m**h has its claws in you, understand this: you’re not just battling addiction. You’re battling a spirit. You’re in a war for your soul. But you’re not alone. The same Jesus who set me free is reaching for you now. Right now. You don’t need a lighter. You need light. You don’t need another hit. You need to be hit by grace. M**h is sorcery - but Jesus and recovery is the spellbreaker.
I was never a lost cause, just a lost sheep 🐑

06/14/2025

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05/06/2025

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I applaud every one of these agents that helped take down this Mexican Sinaloa cartel!

(Salem Oregon...we make the national news for all the wrong reasons! 11.5 kilos of fentanyl including 3 million fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills!)

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday touted the “largest fentanyl bust in our nation’s history” — a coordinated takedown spanning five states that recovered 11.5 kilos of fentanyl, including about 3 million fentanyl-laced pills labeled as oxycodone that led to the arrests of multiple people tied to the violent Mexican Sinaloa cartel.

I get to see and experience the armpit of this pandemic (the real one) everyday! I'm glad they caught 'em but I am so disgusted. How about you?

Bondi Sinaloa Cartel Drug Bust News Conference 5/6

04/26/2025

"Connection is the opposite of addiction"

04/16/2025

PUBLIC WARNING:

pFF - Para-florofentanyl commonly known as "china white" is 25 times more potent than regular fentanyl!
(which is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine)

03/27/2025

μεταμορφόω Romans 12:2
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: metamorphoó
Phonetic Spelling: (met-am-or-fo'-o)
Definition: To transform, to change form

02/07/2025

New research indicates that long-term cannabis use among young adults aged 22 to 36 resulted in cognitive impairment for 63% of heavy users and 68% of recent users. -- Science Daily

A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed, examined the effects of cannabis use on over 1,000 young adults aged 22 to 36 using brain imaging technology. The researchers f...

01/01/2025

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08/28/2024