by Rose Ann Forte | Sep 28, 2026 | Articles, Christian Recovery
Why do I crave this when I know what it costs me? That question can carry shame. It can make us wonder why knowing better has not led to doing better. Part of the answer is chemistry. Alcohol activates one of the brain’s most powerful learning systems. The brain...
by Rose Ann Forte | Sep 21, 2026 | Podcast Episode
Ep 90 – Can God use suffering to make you stronger? Finding purpose in suffering does not mean pretending the pain was good, denying what happened, or remaining in a destructive situation. It means recognizing that suffering can interrupt our automatic responses...
by Rose Ann Forte | Sep 21, 2026 | Articles
Sometimes the evidence of a memory gap is dramatic. Other times, it is an ordinary detail that makes you realize you were not fully present for your own life. For me, it was often Netflix. I would return to a show and realize I could not remember important parts of...
by Rose Ann Forte | Sep 14, 2026 | Articles, Christian Recovery
The brain starts to respond to life without alcohol right away. This doesn’t mean every symptom improves instantly or that any damage is fixed in just a few hours. It simply means that alcohol is no longer causing the same chemical changes, so the brain can slowly...
by Rose Ann Forte | Sep 9, 2026 | Podcast Episode
Ep 89 – Have you ever returned to a substance, thought pattern, emotional response, or behavior you promised yourself you would change and immediately thought, “I did it again”? In this episode, Rose Ann Forte and therapist Aliza Prokop explore how shame keeps...
