Episode 22 (Season 2) The Cycle of Addiction

About the Episode:
Join us for a series on addiction to alcohol and other drugs where we will discuss the loss of choice and the shame-based disease that is addiction. Chico West, an Addiction Specialist, shares his story of recovery as well as resources for individuals and family members of those struggling with addiction. You are never alone.

About Our Guest:
Chico West lives in Dallas with his wife and has two grown children. He was educated through Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a trained addiction therapist that conducts interventions, assessments, and treatment referrals for clients nationwide. He works with the whole family to produce the needed changes. He has been CEO and owner of Casia Colina Treatment Center, Gaston House Transitional Living, and West Counseling Private Practice where he currently sees clients. He has trained dozens of therapists to be effective and passionate mental health providers.

You can listen to the podcast he produces at Filter Optional Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. To contact him, please email Chicowest@me.com.

About Our Host:
A graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mark Davis came to PCPC as our Youth Pastor in 2003 and became our Senior Pastor in 2009. He and his bride, Kristina, met at a Young Life Camp in 1988 and have five amazing kids, Kara (and husband, Drew), Madalyn (and husband, Jack), Cayden, Esther Kate, & Samuel.

Resources:
Find a Twelve Step Group: 12 Step Meetings and Anonymous Groups – Self Help Recovery Programs (12stepnationalmeetings.com)

Alcoholics Anonymous: Have a problem with alcohol? There is a solution. | Alcoholics Anonymous (aa.org)

The Big Book: Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition: The official “Big Book” from Alcoholics Anonymous

Verses:
“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’ -Matthew 9:9-13

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” -Hebrews 10:24-25

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