The Alive & Well Seminar and Support Groups will provide an opportunity to explore healthy strategies for repairing the legacy of damage created by past or present abuse.

This seminar and following support groups will increase your understanding and give you tools to reach your goal.

SEMINAR — Dr. Bob Nichols
Fri Aug 1, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat Aug 2, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

SUPPORT GROUP — Janet Robinson
Sat Aug 2, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Abundant Life Community Church
3210 Meridian Street
Bellingham, Washingon

For more information call 360-733-3993
Life Beyond Abuse
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• Have experienced physical, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse
• Grew up in a dysfunctional or addicted family
• Feel there is something blocking you from growing
• Have gaps in your childhood memories
• Have compulsions you can't control
• Struggle with feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem
• Feel unworthy of God's love
• Engage in self-destructive or suicidal behaviors
• Experience high levels of anxiety, depression, substance abuse
• Experience high levels of medical illness or problems at work or school
• Are over-compliant or excessively aggressive
• Find it difficult to establish intimate personal relationships
• Have a need for control and a fear of failure
• Have an unhealthy sense of normal

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Abuse can take many forms —
it can be physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or combination of any or all of those.
Neglect — when parents or guardians do not take care of the basic needs of the children in their care —
can also be a type of abuse.

It may be difficult to recognize abuse
if it has been a way of life for many years —
a person may think
it's just the way things are
and there's nothing that can be done.