Testimonials
Why we do what we do
You can’t just take our word for it, so see what previous attendees have had to say about our retreats
Testimonial One
I’ve known Terry (from Came To Believe Recovery gang), for quite some time. I watched him progress through a 12 Step program- then started to hear him talk about doing retreats, and about Jesus etc.
Long story short- I’ve always felt antagonised by ‘Jesus’ and any particular religious sect… I came to the retreat – after a conversation with my lovely friend Paul, because I felt blocked from God and needed to enlarge my spiritual life.
When Dee asked us to pray our third step prayer (to Jesus!) – I was praying hard for God to help me set aside my preconceptions about Christianity, and just followed what I was being asked to do.
The time came to ask someone to listen to my step 5 – I felt drawn to Graham, even though Graham told me he wasn’t an alcoholic. Graham reminded me that the Big Book suggests for us to read our step five with a clergyman. Again I prayed to God, as I was unsure I had picked my step five listener correctly.
Graham and I spoke for a bit – then we prayed. He put his hand on my shoulder, and asked God to help me find the willingness to be willing to forgive myself…
In that moment- sat on a bench in front of people milling around and some ducks quacking, the sun was shining. Graham said you are now unblocked – I felt that I was in the presence of God… I became uncontrollably emotional.
I believe – that God (with Graham’s help), gave me permission to forgive myself.
It is now one day later- I’m sat at work, in a job that I don’t particularly want to be doing- welling up with emotions. I’m eighteen years clean, but this is the first time I’ve ever truly forgiven myself.
I have been set free – on a Came To Believe retreat, at a Monastery in Aylesford – right in front of lots of people and lots of ducks.
Thank you all – with all my heart
Testimonial Two
It took until the Sunday morning and having done my steps 4/5 the day before, to experience a decent level of peace of mind. Not having experienced this for some time it felt somewhat weird.
The next morning, my emotions were rough but by the end of the day, I was totally free from the feeling of awkwardness I had had for a long time. Feeling light and free with a hint of joy and excitement… alien to me!!
I was treading water gently as I am not religious and am actually afraid of it. But the retreat has proven to be extremely beneficial and valuable to my life!! Thank you
Testimonial Three
It was an amazing spiritual experience from start to finish.. the beauty is the experience doesn’t need to end!
It was a pleasure to be amongst so many similar folk all in recovery at different stages and to witness God working within us all. Magical and an experience I shall never forget.
I look forward to providing service in the future, maintaining my sobriety and helping save and change lives! What a blessing. Thanks to everyone involved
Have a story you want to share?
Have you attended a retreat before and would be happy to share your story? Testimonials can help those who are on the fence to take the plunge into finding freedom for their addiction. We can also create a case study, to allow us to apply for funding to reach those in need.