Celebrate Recovery and Fellowship

Many Celebrate Recovery Ministry Leaders have expressed concern over the temptations individuals in recovery from food addiction and eating disorders may experience during your coffee shop time. We experienced the same concerns at our Celebrate Recovery and tried many different ways to resolve it. We knew with each idea that didn’t work, the most successful solution was just around the corner…and it was.

Here is what's working for the CR Model:

We use individual bowls, fill them with a variety of raw vegetables, and provide a low calorie dip. We also fill individual bowls with pre-cut bit size fruit pieces (i.e. items from Costco). We set up our serving tables buffet style and place the veggie bowls and fruit bowls first, and then from there we place the dessert plates.

Ironically, the vegetable and fruit bowls sell out before the desserts every time! We have also found that individuals who struggle with food addiction/eating disorders are not the only ones who choose these healthy snacks!

If you split the fellowship from those with eating disorders, you would also need to split men and women with love and relationship addiction and sexual addiction. At Celebrate Recovery we do not treat areas of recovery differently; instead, we create an environment where people have the opportunity to fellowship together in healthier ways.

Think about this: Celebrate Recovery is the safest place to exercise the tools that the 8 principles supply each and every one of us. It's also a place filled with sponsors and accountability partners. What better place to exercise boundaries and self-discipline than with others who get it?

Be encouraged!