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New Beginnings: Treasures from the heart
Jarrod’s life in Spokane has been a series of ups and downs. He battled with addictions for more than 10 years. Yet on March 11, 2024, he will...
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Tristan’s Pathway to Recovery, Phase by Phase
Tristan was living on a front porch. Over the course of eight years, his life had progressed from one devastation to another. “It started back when I...
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“Today, I’m Free”: UGM alumni discuss the road to recovery
For individuals dealing with overwhelming personal issues such as addiction, domestic violence, or a criminal record, UGM LIFE Recovery can be the...
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A New Course for Life: A heart-to-heart message from Phil Altmeyer
Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: June 21, 2023
“Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” (Proverbs 4:13) It’s hard to think long term. In today’s culture of...
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Healing from Addiction: Shanena's written testimony
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 9, 2022
Shanena (pronounced Shane-na) completed UGM Women's LIFE Recovery at the Center for Women and Children in Spring 2022 and recently reached out to...
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Valuable and Worthy: Debra’s Journey Toward Holistic Recovery
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 2, 2022
“For a couple years, I was running the streets. Had lost my job, my kids, my house, everything.” Although 2017 and 2018 were two of the hardest years...
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Am I Enough?
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: August 3, 2022
Am I Enough? Absolutely not. And absolutely yes. It’s a paradox: a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when...
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Labels and Life Change: A Business Partner Feature
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 24, 2022
Art and Kaleen Coffey are members of the community who have made the most of their position as leaders in business and faith. Through their...
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Robert’s Recovery: Phase by Phase
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: October 28, 2021
Author’s Note: From my earliest days at UGM, I have wanted to follow someone all the way through the LIFE Recovery Program, interviewing him or her...
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How UGM Business Partners Change Lives
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: January 28, 2021
"I'm sold on it. I tell you I'm sold." Mitchell Long, Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Ob-Gyn, took time out of his busy schedule to sit down...
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Recovery: The Hardest Work
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 29, 2019
We use a lot of terms to describe the addiction recovery program at UGM: Christ-centered, holistic, long-term, deep-down healing, etc. One word...
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The Heart of Lifelong Recovery
Union Gospel Mission: August 15, 2019
By Mike Doggett, former Aftercare Manager - A little over 21 years ago, I consumed my last drink of alcohol and went on what has proved to be a very...
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Lifelong Recovery
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: June 11, 2019
Five years. It takes five years actively pursuing recovery for an addict to have a strong chance (about 85%) of lifelong recovery. Five years minus...
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I am no one's Savior.
Union Gospel Mission: September 5, 2018
UGM Aftercare Manager Mike Doggett walks with residents as they transition out of our programs and back into society. He knows that if they can...
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Long-Term Recovery: The Right Kind of Hungry
Union Gospel Mission: July 11, 2018
Having recently celebrated the 2018 LIFE Recovery Commencement, we know the story is just beginning for the honorees. Their time at UGM was a time of...
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Is Addiction a Sin or a Disease?
Union Gospel Mission: June 7, 2017
You may notice we’ve changed the name of the annual event we used to call "graduation," and here’s why: The former name gave the impression that...
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Recovery. For Life.
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: March 23, 2017
I was part of a brainstorming session about how to get the word out about UGM’s relatively new Recovery for Life weekly 12-step meetings. From a...
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Recovery: a story of brokenness and healing
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: December 19, 2014
Editor's note: This is the third post in a special Advent devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3. You may also want to read the introduction,...
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Recovery: in it together
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 3, 2014
Editor's Note: Last week the entire Union Gospel Mission staff met at UGM Camp for a time of bonding, renewal and training. The focus of the two-day...