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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cA friend invited me to church, and I began my spiritual journey,\u201d he explained. \u201cI accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and I didn\u2019t drink for about two weeks. After that, I started drinking again. I went back to the pastor and told him I was still struggling. He told me the work wasn\u2019t over, and a new program was starting that could help. That program was Celebrate Recovery.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim Totty\u2019s wife, Terri Totty, is also a part of Celebrate Recovery, serving as the Women\u2019s Ministry Leader for the Tullahoma program.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have trouble with drugs and alcohol when I first started, so I didn\u2019t think there was a reason for me to get involved,\u201d Terri explained. \u201cBut I went to support my new boyfriend, who later became my husband, and I found something that I needed because of an abusive past. Celebrate Recovery helped me to work through all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When New Creation Church acquired its building in 2007, Tim and Terri decided to bring the Celebrate Recovery program to Tullahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim added that the good thing about the program is its diversity and inclusivity. There is help and support for anyone and everyone looking to be a better person.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople come to [Celebrate Recovery] with many different issues,\u201d he said. \u201cAlthough people may act out differently \u2014 one may choose alcohol as their drug of choice, and someone else might abuse food \u2014 but when you peel the onion back, you realize that both have the same root cause. The problem \u2014 or the root cause \u2014 is deeper. Identifying the root cause and allowing God to heal it is the pathway to sobriety.\u201d Now 22 years sober, Tim continues practicing these principles while helping others heal. He believes it is with the help of his higher power, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve been 22 years sober from drugs and alcohol, but now I\u2019m working on better choices with food,\u201d Tim said. \u201cI battled addiction until age 38, and I didn\u2019t really know how to stop. But, walking with Jesus and this community of people in recovery, I found support and learned how to have accountability and victory over my hurts, habits, and hang-ups. I learned how to forgive others and myself and also make amends for the harm that I\u2019ve done to others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tim encourages Tullahoma to see a brighter future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTerri and I want other people to discover what we\u2019ve discovered. There is hope! We consider ourselves to be \u2018Hope Dealers.\u2019 We want to see people walk in freedom from life\u2019s hurts, habits, and hang-ups!\u201d GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNDER THE roof of New Creation Church, a beacon of hope flickers every Friday night. It\u2019s called Celebrate Recovery, a ministry born in the heart of California\u2019s Saddleback Church in 1991, which has since unfurled its wings across the globe. The ministry is a sanctuary for those grappling with life\u2019s heavier burdens \u2014 be it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/tullahoma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/02\/1-5-1024x683.png\")
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