Category: Recovery Services
Learning to cook on a shoestring
7 October 2014
New monthly cooking classes at Lithgow Salvos are teaching people how to make tasty, healthy food on a tight budget. With themes such as ‘cooking with leftovers’, the popular classes are full of affordable recipe ideas and give particip...
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There are no excuses in recovery
16 September 2014
Michael’s world was surrounded by alcohol addiction for 20 years, and he was weighed down by down by suicidal and violent thoughts. B...
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A slave to alcohol for 20 years
2 September 2014
In October 2012, Ally was sitting in a doctor’s surgery hungover, depressed and thinking about suicide. For 20 years, alcohol had con...
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A life filled with care
18 June 2014
A lonely and distressed woman sat on a cliff top contemplating ending her life. In her desperation, the woman reached for her mobile phone a...
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John's Story - Canberra Recovery Services Centre
28 April 2014
Major Scott Warrington is the manager of the Canberra Recovery Services Centre, seeing up to 300 clients a year take part in the program. J...
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Kerry's Story - Manly New Life Community Centre
22 April 2014
Captain Louanne Mitchell is the team leader at Manly New Life Community Church & Centre. Commonly a holiday destination, Captain Louann...
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Matthew's Freedom Story
28 February 2014
If you met Matthew today, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t guess his past. A man with his life devoted to God doesn’t...
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David's Freedom Story
28 June 2013
David was a former real estate agent from a privileged background with money, nice clothes, multiple Sydney properties and a $2000 a day her...
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Matt's Freedom Story
28 April 2013
My name is Matthew, I entered The Salvation Army Bridge Program on the 14th May 2012 through a court diversion program. I was required...
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Brett's Freedom Story
28 March 2012
I went into to Canberra Recovery Services Centre (CRS) on 5th of October, 2011. At the time, I knew I was an alcoholic and basically t...
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