BEREA —
BEREA — Upward Bound Ministries is using spiritual counseling to reach out to people in desperate need of help.
For 13 years, Upward Bound has been helping addicts get their feet back on the ground through an alcohol and drug deliverance program at Church on the Rock.
Darnell Hill, executive director of Upward Bound, is a former addict who started the program to help people who are going through what he once experienced.
“I tell people the truth the best I know how so they can be free and delivered from addiction,” he said. “We show them the life they’re living compared to scripture. Once they see they have transgressed against something greater than mankind, the truth in scripture liberates them and sets them free.”
Hill said he quit his addiction cold turkey without experiencing withdrawals.
“They said it has to be something bigger than what we’re seeing, no one can drink as much as you did and not go through withdrawals,” he said.
He called his recovery a miracle and was inspired by his experience to reach out to others.
Upward Bound meetings are conducted at 7 p.m. every Friday at Church on the Rock, 1049 Richmond Road.
Transportation and childcare are provided to those who need them.
There are two phases to the program — Turning Point and Cope.
Turning Point is the point in your life where you have decided to make the right turn and address the issues that have enslaved you with a life-hindering addiction, according to a brochure from Upward Bound.
Hill, who runs the Turning Point sessions, said participants learn about the impact they have on individuals and family members.
Participants are made to feel safe, to be loved without being judged and to receive biblical truth about what is going on in their lives, he said.
Hill’s wife, Corene, runs the Cope sessions.
Cope is for the loved ones of addicts. They focus on the struggles they are going through with the addiction, as well as behavior and relationship issues.
Around 18 to 22 people attend each week, Hill said.
He said this year’s turnout has been at an all-time high.
“We get to the root of the addiction, we look beneath the surface, we look deep inside to see what’s really getting to these people,” he said. “When you do the wrong thing, you forfeit peace. When you do the right thing, you find peace.”
In addition to the Friday night sessions, Upward Bound has a website and Hill has been conducting a television show for the past 10 years.
During the show, Hill delivers his message and brings on guests, such as local doctors, pharmacists and judges.
While Hill concentrates on the spiritual side of healing, he wants people to hear from his guests the dangers drugs have on the body, or the legal troubles that can result from being an addict.
“We want to give them a broad view of how the physical and the spiritual body is affected by drugs,” Hill said. “We have to come together as a community in order to have a greater impact.”
Upward Bound also conducts fundraisers. Their biggest one of the year — Upward Bound Ministries Ride For Recovery — was June 4.
The 100-mile ride, sponsored by United Bikers Against Drugs, raised nearly $4,000.
Donations to Upward Bound are always accepted.
For more information on Upward Bound, call Darnell Hill at 986-1650 or visit www.upwardboundministries.org.
Tim Mandell can be reached at tmandell@richmondregister.com or 623-1669, Ext. 6696.
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