When food becomes more than nourishment, it may be pointing to a deeper struggle. In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn is joined by psychologist and addiction specialist Dr. Rona Epstein to explore the reality of food addiction and how lasting recovery goes far beyond another diet.

You'll learn why food addiction isn't simply about willpower or weight loss, but about healing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Whether you've struggled with overeating, binge eating, sugar addiction, or years of failed diets, this conversation offers practical hope and a path toward lasting transformation.

In this episode:

• What food addiction is—and how it differs from overeating

• Why sugar and processed foods can trigger addictive behaviors

• How emotional pain and unresolved wounds fuel food addiction

• The difference between dieting and true recovery

• Why healing requires addressing the body, mind, relationships, and spirit

• How recovery groups, counseling, and biblical principles lead to lasting freedom

Recovery isn't about finding the perfect diet—it's about finding freedom. No matter how long you've struggled with food, there is hope for healing and a healthier relationship with both food and God.

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Recovery begins with truth, grows through wisdom, and is sustained by love.

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores the timeless principles that helped shape the recovery movement through the Oxford Groups: absolute honesty, absolute purity, absolute unselfishness, and absolute love. These four biblical values continue to provide a foundation for lasting transformation and freedom.

Steve also explains why knowledge alone isn't enough. True recovery requires wisdom—applying God's truth to everyday life with perseverance. Learn how wisdom helps us avoid destructive choices, strengthen our character, and become the people God created us to be.

Whether you're recovering from addiction, unhealthy habits, codependency, or emotional struggles, this episode offers practical, biblical encouragement to help you keep moving forward.

In this episode:

-The four absolutes that shaped the early recovery movement

-Why honesty is essential for healing and authentic relationships

-How purity, unselfishness, and love transform our lives

-The difference between knowledge and wisdom

-Why perseverance is a key part of recovery

-How God's truth leads to lasting freedom

If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who needs hope today.

📖 Need help on your recovery journey?

Visit newlife.com to find a New Life Recovery Group, connect with a counselor, or explore the Life Recovery Bible, workbooks, devotionals, and other recovery resources.

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What does it really take to forgive—and why is grief an essential part of healing?

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores two of the most life-changing principles in recovery: forgiveness and grief. Learn why forgiveness isn't about excusing those who hurt you but about finding freedom for yourself, and discover how grieving your losses is often the missing step that allows true healing to begin.

Whether you're recovering from addiction, betrayal, abuse, divorce, the loss of a loved one, or years of unresolved pain, this conversation offers biblical truth and practical guidance to help you let go of bitterness, process your grief, and move forward with hope.

In this episode, you'll learn:

-Why forgiveness is a gift you give yourself—not the person who hurt you

-The four stages of the forgiveness process: pain, protest, progress, and purpose

-Why forgiving doesn't mean forgetting, excusing, or restoring trust

-How unresolved grief can keep you stuck in bitterness and resentment

-Why grieving your losses is essential for lasting recovery and healing

-How God can bring comfort, purpose, and hope through your deepest pain

No matter what you've experienced, you don't have to carry the weight of unforgiveness or grief alone. Recovery is about healing from the past, embracing God's grace, and becoming the person He created you to be.

📖 Need help on your recovery journey?

Visit newlife.com to find a New Life Recovery Group, connect with a counselor, or explore the Life Recovery Bible, workbooks, devotionals, and other recovery resources.

☎️ Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE to speak with someone who can help.

How do you create change that actually lasts? In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores the principles of lasting transformation and explains why recovery is about more than simply breaking a habit—it’s about changing the way we think, live, and relate to God and others.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✓ The five foundations of lasting change found in the book of James

✓ Why true recovery is about transformation, not quick fixes

✓ The connection between emotions and unhealthy habits

✓ How healthy relationships and support groups strengthen recovery

✓ Why renewing your mind is essential to becoming the person God created you to be

Steve also shares practical insights from Lose It For Life, including how our schedules, eating habits, relationships, and thought patterns influence our ability to make lasting changes.

“Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” — Romans 12:2

No matter what struggle you face, lasting change is possible. With God’s help, you can break unhealthy patterns, discover freedom, and build a life marked by hope and purpose.

Learn more about Life Recovery resources, including the Life Recovery Bible, workbooks, devotionals, and support groups:

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Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE to take the next step toward healing and freedom.

Do you feel stuck in an area of your life and unsure how to move forward? Transformation is possible—and it begins with recognizing the places that keep us from experiencing the life God has planned for us.

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores what prevents people from experiencing lasting change and how the journey of recovery leads to healing, growth, and freedom. Through biblical truth and recovery principles, Steve explains why willpower alone is not enough and why we need honesty, responsibility, and support to experience true transformation.

You’ll discover the six stages of transformation:

✓ Illumination — recognizing what needs to change

✓ Inspiration — seeing the hope of a different future

✓ Evaluation — understanding that healing requires a process

✓ Motivation — finding the desire to take the next step

✓ Determination — continuing even when recovery is difficult

✓ Realization — experiencing the life you never thought possible

Steve also shares how fear, guilt, shame, anger, resentment, perfectionism, and unhealthy patterns can keep us stuck—and how God offers renewal, restoration, and recovery no matter where we’ve been.

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…” — Ephesians 3:20

Your past does not have to define your future. Whether you’re struggling with addiction, broken relationships, anger, anxiety, grief, or other life challenges, help and hope are available.

Learn more about Life Recovery resources, including the Life Recovery Bible, workbooks, and devotionals:

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Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE to take the next step toward healing.

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores Healing Is a Choice and the process of lasting transformation, focusing on why real recovery requires more than simply stopping destructive behaviors. Drawing from Scripture, recovery principles, and personal experience, Steve outlines how truth, reflection, and a willingness to seek help lead people from denial into freedom and growth.

You’ll discover why many people want change but struggle to do what it takes to achieve it, and how living in truth, examining the past, and reaching out for support can break cycles of addiction, anxiety, and relational brokenness.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✔ Why truth is essential for lasting freedom and spiritual growth

✔ How accountability and truth-tellers help protect and restore us

✔ Why examining your past reveals patterns, wounds, and unmet needs

✔ The difference between regret as a signal for change vs. a defining identity

✔ Why isolation increases relapse risk and community supports healing

✔ How pride, shame, and self-reliance keep people from getting help

✔ Why counseling, support groups, and Life Recovery Groups are essential tools

✔ How multiple forms of help (therapy, coaching, psychiatry, groups) work together in recovery

✔ Why humility opens the door to healing and transformation

✔ How choosing help is often the turning point in a recovery journey

📖 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32

Whether you're struggling with addiction, anxiety, grief, depression, or relationship challenges, this episode offers biblical encouragement and practical recovery tools to help you take your next step toward healing.

Life Recovery is for everyone—and you don’t have to walk this journey alone.

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Stay hopeful, stay courageous, and keep moving forward.

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores two struggles that impact millions of people: food addiction and pornography. Through personal stories, biblical truth, and practical recovery principles, Steve reveals how these behaviors often become ways of coping with pain, anxiety, loneliness, grief, and unresolved wounds.

Drawing from his own journey with food addiction and years of helping people find freedom, Steve explains why recovery isn't simply about stopping a behavior—it's about addressing the deeper issues driving it.

If you've ever felt like:

• Food has become your comfort, escape, or coping mechanism

• You struggle with pornography and feel trapped by shame

• You've tried to change on your own but keep falling back into old patterns

• Hidden wounds, anxiety, loneliness, or grief are driving unhealthy behaviors

...this episode is for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How food addiction and overeating can become forms of emotional self-medication

• Why pornography damages relationships, intimacy, and personal integrity

• The importance of identifying the deeper pain behind addictive behaviors

• How healing communities and accountability support lasting recovery

• Why surrendering to God is the foundation of true transformation

At the core of this message:

• Recovery is about healing the root issue, not just changing behavior

• Freedom comes when we bring secrets into the light

• You don't have to manage addiction alone

• God cares about your whole life—physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual

• Lasting change is possible through surrender, support, and God's power

Whether you're battling food addiction, struggling with pornography, supporting a loved one, or searching for freedom from unhealthy patterns, this episode offers practical guidance and hope that recovery is possible.

📖 Explore the Life Recovery Bible, devotionals, and recovery resources

👥 Find a Life Recovery Group near you:

https://newlife.com/groups/

📞 Need help? Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE

🌐 Visit New Life Ministries:

https://newlife.com

✔️ Recovery is about more than behavior change

✔️ Hidden wounds can be healed

✔️ Freedom grows in community

✔️ Surrender leads to victory

✔️ God's plan for your life is healing, hope, and wholeness

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn addresses two of the most difficult and important mental health topics facing individuals and families today: suicide and anxiety. Through compassionate insight, personal experiences, and practical recovery principles, Steve offers hope for those who may feel overwhelmed by emotional pain, depression, fear, or hopelessness.

If you've ever felt like:

• The emotional pain you're carrying is too much to bear

• Anxiety, fear, or panic are controlling your life

• You feel trapped by depression or hopelessness

• You don't know where to turn for help

...this episode is for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why suicidal thoughts are often temporary, even when they feel overwhelming

• How to respond when you or someone you love is struggling with suicide ideation

• The connection between anxiety, addiction, and emotional pain

• Different types of anxiety disorders and how they affect daily life

• Why reaching out for support can be the first step toward healing

At the core of this message:

• There is always hope, even in your darkest moments

• You do not have to face anxiety, depression, or suicidal thoughts alone

• Recovery includes caring for your mental, emotional, and spiritual health

• Healing begins when we ask for help and allow others to walk alongside us

• Your life has value, purpose, and meaning

Whether you're struggling with anxiety, battling thoughts of hopelessness, supporting a loved one in crisis, or searching for encouragement in the midst of emotional pain, this episode offers practical help and the reminder that healing is possible.

📖 Explore the Life Recovery Bible, devotionals, and recovery resources

👥 Find a Life Recovery Group near you:

https://newlife.com/groups/

📞 Need help? Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE

🌐 Visit New Life Ministries:

https://newlife.com

✔️ Your life matters

✔️ There is hope beyond today's pain

✔️ Help is available

✔️ Healing is possible

✔️ You do not have to walk this journey alone

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Rob Lohman shares powerful insights on finding freedom from addiction through healthy interventions, recovery support, and a transformed life in Christ. Drawing from his own recovery journey and years of experience helping families navigate addiction, Rob offers practical tools for those struggling with addiction and the loved ones who care about them.

If you've ever felt like:

• Your loved one refuses to get help for their addiction

• Fear keeps you from setting healthy boundaries

• Your family is trapped in a cycle of chaos, anxiety, and crisis

• Recovery feels impossible or out of reach

...this episode is for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why healthy boundaries can be a powerful catalyst for change

• How interventions help families stop enabling destructive behavior

• What the intervention process looks like and how it can bring hope

• The role of coaching, counseling, and community in long-term recovery

• Why understanding your identity in Christ is essential for lasting freedom

At the core of this message:

• Addiction does not have to define your future

• Healthy boundaries are an act of love, not punishment

• Recovery is possible for individuals and families

• God offers hope, healing, and transformation no matter how far you've fallen

• Your true identity is found in Christ, not in your struggles or labels

Whether you're battling addiction yourself, supporting a loved one who is struggling, considering an intervention, or looking for practical next steps toward healing, this episode offers encouragement, guidance, and hope that freedom is possible.

📖 Explore the Life Recovery Bible, devotionals, and recovery resources

👥 Find a Life Recovery Group near you:

https://newlife.com/groups/

📞 Need help? Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE

🌐 Visit New Life Ministries:

https://newlife.com

✔️ Recovery is possible

✔️ Healthy boundaries can change lives

✔️ You were made for more than addiction

✔️ Your identity is found in Christ

✔️ There is hope for healing, freedom, and transformation

In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Corey Busk concludes his powerful series on the Prodigal Son by exploring one of the most overlooked people in the story—the older brother. Through a recovery lens, Corey reveals how addiction doesn't just impact the person struggling; it affects parents, spouses, siblings, friends, and entire families.

Through the story of the older brother, Corey addresses the pain, resentment, disappointment, and loneliness that many family members experience when a loved one struggles with addiction. He offers hope that recovery is for everyone—not just the person battling addiction, but also those carrying the wounds left behind.

If you've ever felt like:

• Your loved one's addiction has consumed your family

• You've been overlooked while everyone focuses on the person struggling

• Resentment, anger, or disappointment have taken root in your heart

• You want to celebrate someone's recovery but still feel hurt by the past

...this episode is for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How addiction impacts the entire family system

• What the older brother teaches us about grief, resentment, and healing

• Why feeling unseen can create barriers to connection and forgiveness

• How families can begin their own recovery journey

• What it means to join the celebration of healing in your own time

At the core of this message:

• Recovery is for everyone affected by addiction

• Your pain and feelings matter and deserve attention

• Healing is possible for families as well as individuals

• God's grace extends to every member of the prodigal family

Whether you're supporting a loved one in addiction, navigating the challenges of recovery within your family, or carrying wounds from years of disappointment and heartbreak, this episode offers encouragement that healing, restoration, and hope are possible.

📖 Explore the Life Recovery Bible, devotionals, and recovery resources

👥 Find a Life Recovery Group near you:

https://newlife.com/groups/

📞 Need help? Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE

🌐 Visit New Life Ministries:

https://newlife.com

✔️ You are not alone in your pain

✔️ Your healing matters too

✔️ Recovery is a journey for the entire family

✔️ There is hope for reconciliation, restoration, and new beginnings