What are you hiding behind?

We communicate more than ever, uploading everything onto Facebook, displaying our lives with Instagram and Twitter. But is it real? Are we hiding behind happy photos, and a front that says life is great?

Life is hectic in St Albans and Harpenden. As we speed through texts and emails, we move further away from genuine contact and communication with other people. Young people are losing the ability to connect properly with those around them, rushing to their phones instead.

As a result, they are not learning how to confront people either, or how to deal with conflict. It’s easy to send an unkind text, much harder to resolve issues face to face.

Addiction often results from life being too much to handle. You may find yourself hiding behind alcohol, drugs, gambling, or other obsessive and disordered behaviour. Your addiction may be less obvious, but equally a shield to soften the impact of life.

By our human nature, we all have a habit of forcing ourselves into a corner. But God calls us to enjoy freedom, and in Christ we will be presented ‘without blemish and free from accusation’.

The Living Room in St Albans welcomes people who recognise their need to be free of an addiction or a behavioural disorder and work towards abstinence. The service is free of charge and provided by fully trained counsellors, themselves in long term recovery. Through therapeutic group counselling, clients learn to communicate and confront, facing a more hopeful future.

Are you ready to come out of your hiding place?