From Recovery to Restored: A Thesis Action Project Developing Addiction Restored Groups Transitioning Individuals Out of a Recovery Cycle and into a Church Small Group

People at New Beginnings Church (NBC) who suffer from addiction currently do not have an intentional path into a life-giving Core Group without the need for ongoing support groups. This DMIN action research project aims to design, implement, and evaluate Restored, at NBC, an eight-week addiction recovery process. Restored utilizes individual self-evaluation through Scripture, collective discussion, and tailored sin-cycle diagrams. The innovation in this project focuses on the transitional phase, unlike other addiction recovery programs, and the integration of Christians into a church small group. This DMIN action research project will enable Christians struggling with addiction to identify their sin, gain tools to address it and commit to joining an NBC Core Group. The participants who completed Restored have pseudonyms and numbers used in the study’s results to maintain confidentiality. Restored participants have a path to integrate relationally into a Core Group at NBC to give another option other than persistent recovery support groups.