LIFE IN FOCUS

Alcohol Chemical Treatment Series
Substance Abuse Program

This class is offered on Sunday Mornings
during Sunday School class at 10 AM

This class is also offered on Monday Mornings
at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio

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Alcohol Chemical Treatment Series (ACTS) is an educational approach to drug and alcohol abuse, using visual tools, object lessons, and a true recorded testimonial application.  A qualified Christian Prisoners Fellowship (CPF) instructor teaches an ongoing ACTS curriculum, addressing real life situations and providing inmates with positive coping skills in a support group setting.  He also offers CPF chaplaincy materials and benefits to the inmates, links the released inmates to a positive support group (a local church) outside the prison/ jail, and provides care for inmate's families.

Additional courses are available depending on the needs of the individual and the probation requirements.

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ACTS - Three Steps to Reintegration

The following is a three-step approach to reintegrating an alcohol or drug abuser into society.  A person can follow these steps without endorsing a particular denominational belief:

REPENTANCE:
I have reached a point in my life where I realize that the things I have done are wrong, and I want to change. I confess that the way I have lived my life is wrong, and I need help.  Starting right now, I am turning to God for help and I am laying down the things that I know to be wrong.  With the help of God I will not pick these things up again.

RESTITUTION:
Now that I have seen my wrongs with the help of God, I will apologize for my wrongs and as far as possible, will make things right with others.

REINTEGRATION:
Now that I have done, with the help of God, all that I know to be right, I will find a church where I embrace truth and grow spiritually in accordance with my repentance and restitution.  I will strive to be a positive member of society by being a good citizen, praying, and attending church.

When a person follows these three steps and becomes active in a local church, he greatly  increases his chances of staying clean and sober, for the church family will become a positive support group. 

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      Parents play a major role in their children's choices about alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.  In a recent national survey of parents and teens by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, one-third of teen partygoers have been to parties where teens were drinking alcohol, smoking pot or using cocaine, ecstasy or prescription drugs while a parent was present.

      By age 17, nearly half of teens have been at such parties where parents were present.  Drug-Free Action Alliance has developed the "Parents Who Host, Lose The Most: Don't be a party to teenage drinking" public awareness campaign to provide parents with good information about the health risks of underage drinking and the legal consequences of providing  alcohol to youth.  The campaign encourages parents and the community to send a unified message at prom and graduation time that teen alcohol consumption is not acceptable; it is illegal, unsafe and unhealthy for anyone under age 21 to drink alcohol. (From Our Ohio, March, April May 2007 Volume 85 Issue 4)