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  • THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012 -- SOFT ADDICTIONS (3)
    Here are some further clues to help us recognize soft addictions.


    Compulsiveness.  Do you feel compelled to do something, have something, or buy something, even though you know you don't need it? This may be accompanied by a helpless, powerless feeling. You may be unable to stop or reduce the amount of time...

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JANUARY 2012

Offering hope support and healing through Jesus Christ as we reclaim the gift of our lives from addictions and destructive lifestyles.

The new year is with us.  With the holiday season past many suffer and struggle. The air is colder.  Rain bites more when it comes down and who knows when snow will fly.  It's a tough time to be outside or anywhere, struggling with addictions and poverty in many ways.  Here at Partners in Hope we try to be friends who stick together when the journey is tough. 

We've tried to fill this website with information that provides for practical needs of those feeling vulnerable and offer ways for all of us to learn and share together.  If you or someone you love is in need, click on any of the coloured links below to check out our resources or contact our office for further information.    

We've loaded this website with lots of  helpful information for you as you take steps towards making important changes in your life. Browse around the site and anywhere you see a  coloured link that interests you, click on it and you're likely to find some helpful information or an encouraging story. Read the most up to date news on the blog (see PiH Community News blog on the lower right of this page).   Elsie Quick explains more about Partners in Hope in the following video:

                                                  





THIS WEEK - 12 Step Meeting Resources

SQUAMISH MEETING VANCOUVER MEETING
TOPIC: Step 4-Soft Addictions TOPIC:  Life Affirmation 3
TIME: 3:00pm TIME:  7:30pm
DATE: Wed. Jan. 25 DATE:  Thurs. Jan 26
LOCATION:  Mountain Valley Mission, LOCATION:  Mission Possible
37739 Second Avenue, Squamish, BC 543 Powell St, Vancouver, BC


Discussion Details - Squamish:  Soft addictions can be habits, behaviors, moods or thought patterns. Many soft addictions involve necessary behaviors like eating, reading, and sleeping. They become soft addictions when we overdo them and when they are used for more than their intended purpose. We use them to satisfy a surface want but because they are not God's way they actually block how He wants to satisfy a deeper need.   View or Download "Soft Addictions" 

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PIH Community News

  • Free and Low Cost Dental Services Update
    Our good friend Dr. Alex Yule has worked tirelessly to arrange for free and low-cost dental help for people in need.  From time to time, through the generosity of various dentists, we are able to offer a dental clinic.  As we have those dates available, we make them available here....
  • Squamish Fun
    We're never quite sure when there's going to be snow on the ground in Squamish.  Sometimes it comes when we are not expecting it and other times when we prepare, the roads are bare and we travel in ease.  We visit friends in various places in the downtown and then...
  • Christmas With Immanuel in Deep Cove
    What a joyful evening of food and fun, celebrating Christmas and our relationships with one another because of our relationship with Jesus.  We're so glad Jesus came to earth to bring us peace and joy that we can celebrate with each other.  Across the table from one another could have...
  • Getting Ready for Christmas
    It comes around only once a year but when it does, we are furious little beavers.  There's singing  and chatter, jokes and bantering.  In between all that we do a little work and wrap thousands of items for the Christmas bags that are delivered to shelters, treatment centers, prison, and...
  • Prison Volunteer Party
    We've learned to have fun together in many places,including our Monday night visits in a local correctional center.  What a great evening of sharing and laughter, music and food as we gathered at Evelyn Leeburn's home.  We all give thanks for the many wonderful experiences we've shared with women inside...

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FREE DENTAL CLINIC
Dates and locations of free and low-cost dental help.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY in BC
Locations and Times in Vancouver and BC
IMMANUEL CHURCH IN THE RIO THEATER
A unique faith community at Broadway and Commercial where you'll find lots of Partners in Hope friends.
For transportation please call 604-215-0335 or email us at office@partnersinhope.ca
RESOURCES IN VANCOUVER
The Redbook Online provides thousands of resources and service organizations available to help in the Vancouver area.  Information is categorized to meet most needs in a searchable database
RESOURCES IN SQUAMISH
Helping Hands Society in Squamish had resources 7 days a week for those who live in the area
Mountain Valley Mission has begun their food co-op and compassionate ministry in Squamish
Project Love also operates an outreach with food and clothing in Squamish