Spring Break
Lifesaver
Buying a sweet treat can help recovering addicts stay off the street.
Steve Markley, Senior Staff Writer
Issue date: 4/25/06 Section: Features
"It's the same as any program designed to battle an addiction," Giannamore said. "If you don't apply the principles, it won't work."
None of these men make any mistake about what those principles involve.
"It's about developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ," Buckley said. "It's about trusting that the power of Christ can make you a productive individual with importance in society."
Admitting that other recovery programs operate without the use of religion, Mason remains adamant that for the Restoration Ministries, the power of God is helping them change lives.
"I realize this isn't the only way," Mason said. "But for me, it was the way. This is what did it. This is what turned my life around."
For those who do succeed, they assert that the result is nothing short of salvation. Perhaps this is why Mason can so easily dismiss whatever negative attitudes he encounters on a campus like Miami's.
"I saw the cartoon in the paper," he said, referring to an editorial cartoon in The Miami Student that depicted a member of the Ministries asking for money while holding a gun to the head of a college co-ed. "Some people will see that and think this isn't real, but my feeling is that there are enough good people out there to accomplish any task."
None of these men make any mistake about what those principles involve.
"It's about developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ," Buckley said. "It's about trusting that the power of Christ can make you a productive individual with importance in society."
Admitting that other recovery programs operate without the use of religion, Mason remains adamant that for the Restoration Ministries, the power of God is helping them change lives.
"I realize this isn't the only way," Mason said. "But for me, it was the way. This is what did it. This is what turned my life around."
For those who do succeed, they assert that the result is nothing short of salvation. Perhaps this is why Mason can so easily dismiss whatever negative attitudes he encounters on a campus like Miami's.
"I saw the cartoon in the paper," he said, referring to an editorial cartoon in The Miami Student that depicted a member of the Ministries asking for money while holding a gun to the head of a college co-ed. "Some people will see that and think this isn't real, but my feeling is that there are enough good people out there to accomplish any task."
