Recipe for Recovery
In order to recover from addiction, it is important for each addicted person to (1) reach the point of complete humility where they can access grace for recovery, (2) to fully maximize their relationships to assist them, and (3) to be willing to do all that they can do, as shown by the following young man.
One young man, preparing to serve as a missionary went to his ecclesiastical leader with this kind of humility. He confessed to a serious addiction he had recovered from. The leader excused himself from the office and said, “I need to go talk to someone else about this.” While he was alone in the office, that young man “had the keenest moment of soul reflection I’ve ever had in my life. I knew that serious consequences could result. Even though I had, at some level, long since repented of this sin, I felt the need to come clean; and I was, at that point in time, willing to do whatever was necessary to recover completely and forever from that addictive behavior.”