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Recovery glossary
Use this page when a treatment, sober-living, mental-health, family-support, or faith-related term needs a plain explanation before you keep reading.
How to use it
Start with the word that is slowing you down.
Definitions stay plain, practical, and connected to deeper articles when you need more context than a short answer can provide.
Good to know
- The glossary explains terms. It does not replace assessment, therapy, medical care, or detox guidance.
- Definitions here are educational and not individualized clinical advice.
- Use the related article links when a short definition is not enough for the decision in front of you.
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Spirituality and faith
Faith-based or Christ-centered recovery
A faith-based or Christ-centered recovery approach openly integrates Christian themes such as prayer, Scripture, fellowship, grace, confession, service, and identity in Christ. In a responsible setting, those supports complement treatment, therapy, medication questions, and level-of-care decisions rather than replace them.
Also searched as: christ-centered recovery, christian recovery
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