Talk:Celebrate Recovery

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This article was nominated for deletion on 9 July 2012. The result of the discussion was keep.

Neutrality and Old Deletion Request[edit]

Reason given for deletion: It is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article. (CSD G11)

Response: it is a valid 12-step recovery program acknowledged by the White House, cites given. -Bikinibomb 23:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see criticisms which establish article neutrality. -Bikinibomb 04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Today, as a secular mental health professional, I encountered my first client who told me about their time in “Celebrate Recovery”. Thanks to this Wiki article, I found the information I needed. This entry serves exactly the purpose Wikipedia was created for. To help people get the information they need. I vote to keep the article. Jeff Vollmer 2/13/11 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.154.104 (talk) 00:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article is, for the most part, true. There are some problems with accuracy, though. In the first line "...overcoming habits like sex disorders and drug addictions with a twelve-step program..." is inaccurate. The line should read "...goaovercoming hurts, habits, and hangups with an 8 principle program derived from a twelve-step program..." The first line of the second paragraph "...Celebrate Recovery meetings are similar to those of other twelve-step programs..." couldn't be more wrong. Twelve-step programs have informal, open-share meetings which usually last about an hour. CRs are 3 - 4 hours including has a dinner, a worship/teaching or testamony (speaker) meeting, a structured discussion group based on the teaching/testamony followed by a coffee shop. It is true that CR has its share of ctitics. Modern society encourages active fear of, rage against, and opposition to Christianity. Davjohn (talk) 21:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support speedy deletion - Unencyclopedic, promotional. Reads like a Sunday service hand out. Jschnur (talk) 01:07, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First Light 's recent revisions have removed my disquiet with this article. It is now encyclopaedic and appropriate in length given its notability. Jschnur (talk) 22:59, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of promotional material removed. Let's keep this article encyclopedic. – S. Rich (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Format[edit]

Twelve-step programs have informal, open-share meetings which usually last about an hour. CRs are 3 - 4 hours including has a dinner, a worship/teaching or testamony (speaker) meeting, a structured discussion group based on the teaching/testamony followed by a coffee shop. Davjohn (talk) 21:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I excerpted the following from the discussion above, because it points out the format of CR meetings, which isn't mentioned in this article. This should be included. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 01:02, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]