Recovery Church Centralia WA

I was raised in Washington State and have raised two beautiful daughters. I've been sober for over three years by the grace of God. I got sober during COVID-19 and met my sobriety family through the online Zoom platform. God blessed me with a wonderful sponsor who took me through the 12 Steps. I have also taken women through the 12 Steps. I feel stronger as a person, mom, and friend because of God and the program of recovery. I was also introduced to Recovery Church through Zoom where I fell in love further with God and the Life Recovery Bible. I crave a better understanding of God, His love, and forgiveness for me and others. I love helping others and want to help them bridge that gap between recovery and God, as my sponsor and Recovery Church have done for me.

Mike R. is a "Person of Peace" who, as a medical professional, has acquired in-depth knowledge and experience with addicts and alcoholics. He has a deep personal relationship with Jesus Christ and is always seeking to do what God the Father sends him to do as he is guided by the Holy Spirit. A few years ago, he was shown 'The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous' and it was explained to him that if he could get his patients to follow this program that is based on the 'AA Plan for Life,' which itself is based on the teachings of the Bible, the principles learned from them would bring not only sober clean time but emotional sobriety. He encourages all his patients who suffer from alcohol and addiction to embrace a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, for there is nothing in one's past that can separate them from healing and wholeness.

I am a grateful recovering alcoholic and a blessed image bearer of God. What is a guy from Wisconsin doing involved with Centralia Recovery Church? I was introduced to RCM in July of 2023 through a church leadership retreat. I felt God call me to take a faith filled risk to travel to Washington in October 2023 to meet LB after a brief conversation.

I was inspired to claim my sobriety on July 16, 2016 when I heard God talk to me through my children. I have been involved with AA for years, but I truly embraced my physical and spiritual sobriety when I surrendered my life to my Lord and Savior Jesus in February 2019.

I am humbled to have been a part of Centralia RCM since our first meeting. I am beyond blessed to be able to encourage others to free themselves of the shame of addiction with the testimony God has written on my heart. We are part of a fellowship that wants to show the world what God has done in us and through us to serve Him and others.

I am a grateful alcoholic who started trudging the road of emotional sobriety on March 8th, 2002 through a 12-Step meeting where they used the Life Recovery Bible and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. I have diligently gone after my sobriety like it's starting to rain and I'm the third monkey in line to get on the "sobriety ark." It is a matter of life and death! I love working with other alcoholics and addicts and introducing them to our only Hope, the Trinity of the Bible (our Father God, His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit). And, just like Dr. Bob, I spend the bulk of my time passing on what I have learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons: 1) a sense of duty, 2) it is a pleasure, 3) because in so doing I am paying my debt to my sponsor, Irv, who took time to pass it on to me and 4) because every time I do it, I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.