Windhaven Publishing & Recovery
with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ." (Alma 37:33)
"I may have a problem--Can you help?"
We are so glad you have come to this website, because we are anxious to share with you the miracle that has come into our lives--the miracle of recovery from heartbreaking, soul-destroying addiction. We want to reassure you that there is hope and blessed relief awaiting you. As Alcoholics Anonymous says, "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path." (Chapter 5).
Phil's Personal Story of Recovery from Addiction
Hi. My name's Phil, and I'm an addict. And thanks to the mercy and grace of my Savior, I am an addict in recovery. To summarize my story, I became involved in pornography as a teenager, and it quickly took hold of me--a hold that would last for the next 35 years! At that point--age 50--I discovered an LDS 12 Step program, Heart t' Heart, and learned for the first time in my life how closely, how intimately I could come to know my Savior, Jesus Christ, and how intimately He was willing to be involved in my life. Because of His intervention in my life (which I had to ask for, and ask over and over again, until I really meant it), I have been abstinent from pornography since November of 1999. This is nothing short of a miracle, I can tell you. I tried for so many years to overcome this challenge by using my will power and determination. It didn't work. I have written my story in a book, Clean Hands, Pure Heart, which is available on this website and in LDS bookstores.
Colleen's Personal Story of Recovery
Hi, my name's Colleen, and I'm a child of God who was born into a very mortal family with no religious foundation, where many forms of addiction were already happening. My father was a workaholic and sexaholic. My mother was an workaholic, sexaholic, and alcoholic. I like to say that I came by my tendency to resort to addictions very honestly. I joined the LDS Church at the age of 14 with a very powerful testimony of the restoration. I wanted with all my heart to do everything I could to remake my life in the image of a devoted, active LDS person. Unfortunately, addictions take many forms that can "sneak under the radar" of a temple recommend interview. Instead of smoking, drinking alcohol or becoming swept up in sexual misbehavior, I continued doing what had worked for me in childhood--eating in secret, eating all the "junky" kinds of carbohydrate foods (sugars and such), and then going on near starvation diets to get the weight off. After I married at 18 and began having my children at 20 (and every year and a half for the next 17 years), I continued to eat in secret, binge on junk food and gain weight. I also became seriously compulsive with other behaviors such as spending, sewing, doing crafts, serving in church callings (sometimes 4-5 at a time), and managing my home and disciplining my children to the point of "unrighteous dominion."
Read the Rest of Colleen's Story
Some of the Resources on the Windhaven Publishing Website
Windhaven Forum for Fellowship
Heart t' Heart -- An LDS Based 12 Step Support Group