by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 9, 2015 | recovery
In an article in a recent professional publication, William L. White, MA, an addiction counselor for 26 years, writes about a 17 year study in Illinois communities of traumatized women whose addiction led them to abuse or neglect their children. Project SAFE...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 26, 2015 | Addictions, recovery
Jesus told a parable: “There was a man who had a demon cast out. The evil spirit wandered in the wilderness. It returned and found the man’s soul empty and swept clean. The evil spirit gathered seven more evil spirits who returned to th…e man and he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 4, 2013 | addiction, recovery, relapse
There was an old Commodores song, “She’s One, Two, Three Times a Lady……” I don’t even remember all of the words, but in an odd way, that phrase seems to apply to the ministry I find myself doing with women in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 14, 2009 | discipleship training, Genesis 2:18, marriage, recovery
A woman, without her man, is nothing.A woman: without her, man is nothing.In reading a book, Flawed Families of the Bible: How God’s Grace Works Through Imperfect Relationships (David and Diana Garland, 2007, Brazos Press), I came across these two statements at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2009 | recovery, service, spiritual formation, Trust
When I chose to get state certified as a substance abuse recovery support specialist, I was essentially making two commitments – to develop and maintain a degree of professional competence through continuing education in addiction issues and to be available to...
