Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program designed to help people overcome hurts, habits, and hang-ups of all kinds. It’s not limited to substance addiction — and it doesn’t treat addiction as a special category of people. Instead, it assumes all humans carry wounds, coping behaviors, and broken patterns-and healing happens through honesty, faith, and community. Celebrate Recovery also supports people dealing with emotional pain, trauma, codependency, anger, anxiety, grief, or unhealthy patterns. The program was founded in 1991 at Saddleback Church by John Baker and is based on biblical principles using Matthew Chapter 5, The Sermon on the Mount. and a version of the 12-step recovery model, reframed through Christian teachings, It emphasizes spiritual growth, personal responsibility, and healing through a relationship with Jesus and a supportive community. It focuses less on labeling people and more on transformation of identity. Key features include: * Large group meetings with worship, teaching, or testimonies * Small gender-specific groups for safe sharing * Step studies that go deeper into personal healing * Accountability and sponsorship are similar to 12-step programs * A focus on grace, forgiveness, and transformation * Celebrate Recovery aims to provide a judgment-free environment where people can be honest about struggles and find hope, healing, and purpose. How do you know it is a good fit for you? 1. You’re tired of carrying something alone 2. You want honesty more than comfort 3. You’re open to a spiritual framework 4. You want community, not just advice