Embracing Wholeness: Substance and Addictive Disorders
The Substance and Addictive Disorders program empowers parents and guardians with a faith-based framework to guide youth facing the challenges of addiction. Combining psychological understanding and biblical principles, this course addresses the root causes of substance and behavioral addictions while fostering spiritual growth. Disorders covered include:
Substance Use Disorders (alcohol, drugs, and prescription misuse)
Behavioral Addictions (e.g., gambling, internet, and gaming disorders)
Participants will learn how to help youth overcome addiction and develop spiritual and emotional resilience through tailored prayer strategies, scripture, and personalized tools.
Do the work
To achieve transformation, participants will engage in:
Understanding the neurological and psychological impacts of addiction.
Identifying how addiction hinders youth’s spiritual connection and life purpose.
Developing scripture-based interventions to combat the devil’s influence.
Creating a Personalized Prayer Bible with targeted modules for addiction.
Building a structured Prayer Binder to support consistent spiritual practices.
Reflecting on biblical stories for parallels to addiction recovery.
Equipping youth with spiritual tools for mental health management and recovery.
Program Focus
This program emphasizes:
Blending scientific insights with biblical guidance to address addiction.
Strengthening youth's faith and reliance on God during recovery.
Providing parents with practical tools to foster healing and resilience.
Teaching scripture-based strategies to counter spiritual warfare.
Offering support for building a foundation of spiritual and mental health.
Program Schedule
The Substance and Addictive Disorders program is divided into six structured lessons:
Lesson 1: Understanding Substance and Addictive Disorders and Their Effects on the Brain
Examine the physiological and psychological effects of addiction on youth’s mental health.Lesson 2: Spiritual Impacts and Youth’s Connection with the Holy Spirit
Explore how addiction affects spiritual health and learn to nurture youth’s faith.Lesson 3: Recognizing the Devil’s Influence and Combating It
Identify spiritual strongholds and develop prayer strategies to overcome them.Lesson 4: Building a Personalized Prayer Bible with Modules and Strategies
Create a Prayer Bible tailored to support youth’s journey to recovery.Lesson 5: Crafting a Prayer Binder with Practical Methods
Develop a prayer binder for daily spiritual practice and tracking progress in recovery.Lesson 6: Biblical Stories and Tools for Managing Addiction Recovery
Draw inspiration and lessons from biblical figures who overcame trials, applying these stories to youth’s recovery journey.
This step-by-step approach equips participants with the knowledge and tools to guide youth toward healing and wholeness.
Required Book
Embracing Wholeness: Integrating Mental Health and Spiritual Growth
In Embracing Wholeness, a transformative Focus Planner designed to empower parents, guardians, and trusted adults in supporting youth mental health. It covers about 80 Mental Health Diagnoses! With practical mental health strategies to help young people thrive emotionally and spiritually.
This course provides parents, guardians, and trusted adults with the tools to support youth battling substance and addictive disorders. By combining science and spirituality, participants will gain practical strategies to help youth overcome these challenges and strengthen their relationship with God.