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1. What do you most regret about your time in the "Lord's Recovery" group?
I trusted the brothers far too much.

2. What real gains in your life did you experience during your time in the "Lord's Recovery"?
Helped me to overcome self-consciousness and speak in public.

3. How have you / are you leveraging your regrets about your time in the "Lord's Recovery" so that these experiences can be gain to you now?
I learned a valuable practice called "treasure hunting" from Gary Smalley, which is digging into painful or bad experiences to find the good I can take away.

4. Forgiveness - have you reached out in person to ask forgiveness of those you may have injured during your time in the "Lord's Recovery" (family, etc)? How have you dealt with your relationships with people who shepherded you, particularly with what you feel now was poor counsel, in the "Lord's Recovery"?
I often received much bad counsel in the LC's. Looking back, I marvel that there were nearly no wise counselors in the LC's, and those that were in charge, gave the worst counsel.

5. Do you think there was anything in the doctrine or practice that particularly attracted you to the "Lord's Recovery" or do you think you could have been similarly attracted to any high-demand Christian group?
I was initially attracted to their love for the Lord, their love for His Word, and their love for one another. Slowly over time these almost vanished and was replaced by the allegiance to ministries in Anaheim and Cleveland.

6. What tools have you found most useful in "recovering from the Lord's Recovery?" Specific books? Counseling? Blogging? Specific relationships?
This forum has definitely helped to expose the leaven in the teachings in the LC and the years of unrighteousness hidden from the members. Reading the accounts of well-respected brothers I once knew also helped immensely. Right now I just started reading The Bait of Satan, by John Bevere, which has helped many Christians I know.