Breaking Chains Recovery

06/16/2026

Tonight!!!!

06/14/2026

Tuesday night 6/16/26 our meeting time and location has been changed !!!!!
We will be serving hamburgers and hotdogs! Bring a dessert, side or drinks and don't forget to invite a friend!

06/13/2026

Come out and join us tonight! We will serve pizza at 6pm. Bring a friend!

06/09/2026

Come out and join us tonight!

06/07/2026

05/30/2026

Come out and join us tonight at 6pm!

05/29/2026

Addiction and Choice

One of the most common debates surrounding addiction is whether it is a choice.

The answer is both simpler and more complicated than most people want it to be.

For most people, the first use involved some degree of choice. However, no one chooses addiction itself. No one chooses the changes that occur in the brain. No one chooses the obsession, the cravings, the losses, the consequences, or the pain that follows. Addiction is not a moral failure, a character defect, or evidence of a lack of love for family and friends. It is a complex disease that affects the brain's reward, motivation, and decision-making systems.

But somewhere along the way, we must be careful not to swing so far toward compassion that we accidentally remove all responsibility.

Because while people do not choose addiction, they still retain the capacity to make choices within it.

Ask people in recovery, and most will tell you that even in the depths of their addiction they knew what they were doing was hurting themselves and others. They knew they were breaking promises. They knew they were risking relationships, jobs, health, and sometimes even their lives. This awareness is one reason shame becomes such a powerful companion to addiction. The person often knows their actions are causing harm, yet feels unable to stop.

And yet, every person in recovery has one thing in common.

At some point, they made a choice.

They chose to accept help.
They chose to walk into treatment.
They chose to attend a meeting.
They chose to answer the phone.
They chose to tell the truth.
They chose to try again after a setback.

Recovery is not a single choice made once. It is a thousand choices made over and over again, often on days when choosing recovery feels incredibly difficult.

Addiction may not have been their choice.

But recovery, ultimately, is.

05/29/2026

Come out and join us at Breaking Chains! Invite a friend!

05/26/2026

Come out and join us! Meal served at 6pm. Meeting starts at 6:45. Brandon Wilbanks will be speaking.
We sign cards!