Addiction

Our focus is on the biblical truths that healing from addiction comes from having a real, personal, transformative relationship with Jesus Christ. If you or a loved one are looking for resources dealing with addiction, see below:

Dwell Support Groups 

Hope Ministry (alcohol and drug addiction; a ministry of XCF)
Hope Ministry is a Christ-centered recovery group whose goal is to reach persons who struggle with alcohol and / or drug addiction.

Never Alone (substance abuse recovery; a ministry of XCF)
Never Alone helps substance abusers discover and experience the hope for change that God offers.

Helpful Literature

  • Addictions: A banquet in the grave, Ed Welch
  • Addictive Behavior, Edward T. Welch and Gary Shogrem
  • Controlling your drinking, Miller & Muñoz
  • Alcoholism and Codependency, A. De Jong
  • The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, Robert DuPont
  • Dying for a Drink, Spickard, A. & Thompson, B.R
  • God is for the Alcoholic, Jerry G. Dunn and Bernard Alvin Palmer
  • Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them, Jeff Vanvonderan
  • Healing Life’s Hidden Addictions, Dr. Archibald Hart
  • I’ll Quit Tomorrow, Vernon E. Johnson
  • Under the Influence, James R. Milan & Katherine Ketcham

Web Resources

Resources Available at the Dwell Study Center

  • The Next Life & Its Implications for this Life #4, Gary DeLashmutt with testimony by Joey Mullen (t07523)
  • Communication Keys, Norman Wright
  • Drugs & Drug Abuse, Ralph Ankenman (t00606-t00608)
  • John 12: Brokenness, James Brown (t07862)
  • Social Issues-A Spiritual Perspective III: The Family, Dennis McCallum (t05021)