A Shot of Hope is all about addiction, recovery, and grace. We share recovery stories from around the campus of Helping Up Mission in Baltimore, Maryland.
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This spring, we had the privilege of welcoming Diane Langberg to our campus for a visit. Dr. Langberg is a practicing psychologist whose clinical expertise includes 45 years of working with trauma survivors and clergy.
Dr. Langberg shared with our clients some of what she’s learned about healing from shame, sexual abuse, and other kinds of trauma.
00:01 The many faces of shame (below is the Shame Compass that Dr. Langberg refers to in this section)
28:05 The trauma of sexual abuse
36:07 The shape of healing: talk, tears, time
56:13 Q&A
You can also view this talk on Youtube. And you can hear what Dr. Langberg shared with our staff, “Lessons from a Life of Counseling,” at helpingupmission.org/langberg.
“When I saw my daddy in the hospital, I made a promise I would stop. I made a promise to him, and I stopped for a while. But it took a toll when he died… and I couldn’t help it.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/jackier
“Before, I had no desire to really dig. I was too afraid of what I would find. Now I know that there is no hope of hope if I don’t do what is uncomfortable.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/jakeh
“…That is when things started to go downhill for me, once I deleted God out of my life and pushed him to the side, that is when I started to do some really, really sad things.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/davidh
“Part of me thinks that it was because I was doing so well – maybe I could get away with one… I shot up while driving and I just had an immediate overdose…the last thing I remember was a loud crash. My next conscious memory is three weeks later in Johns Hopkins ICU surrounded by doctors with machines and tubes everywhere. My parents are there and crying, so I started crying.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/gregp
“I had nothing to sell; I had nothing to give; I was just really taking everything… trying to fill the void inside with drugs.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/wesr
Julio knows how it feels to be successful in the world’s eyes, but had to learn to be still and serve in order to succeed in his recovery.
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/julios
Richard is no longer wandering the streets. Instead, he is spending this Christmas with family!
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/rickp
“I just tried to talk honestly about myself and how God is helping me. I also shared that I don’t really know what God has for me, but am waiting patiently. Afterwards, one guy said to me, ‘God is already doing something in you and through you.’ That helped!”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/dougc
