GODLY DISCIPLESHIP CHANGED ME. I HELP OTHERS FIND FREEDOM
I’m Carl Self, a U.S. Army veteran and founder of Gates of Freedom.
My work grew from experience with addiction, relapse, recovery, and faith. I learned change takes more than good intentions.
I help individuals, families, pastors, and helpers take practical steps when alcohol, drugs, or relapse affect their lives.
MY ROAD TO RECOVERY WAS NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
I know what it is like to want to change and still find yourself repeating the same cycle.
Recovery became more than stopping alcohol or drugs. It meant facing the patterns underneath the relapse, learning accountability, rebuilding relationships, developing a life of faith, and becoming willing to do things differently.
Those experiences eventually became part of the foundation for Gates of Freedom.
I do not approach recovery from a textbook alone. I bring lived experience, biblical discipleship, practical recovery principles, and a commitment to helping people identify the next step they can actually take.
FROM PERSONAL RECOVERY TO MISSION WORK IN THAILAND
My recovery journey eventually led me beyond my own story.
My recovery journey eventually led me beyond my own story.
My recovery journey eventually led me beyond my own story.
Through mission work in Thailand, I began building relationships with people affected by alcohol, drugs, poverty, and isolation. That work has grown into ongoing ministry in Lamphun and the wider vision for Gates of Freedom.
My recovery journey eventually led me beyond my own story.
My recovery journey eventually led me beyond my own story.
We work through relationships, biblical teaching, shared meals, practical support, accountability, and consistent follow-through.
The long-term vision is to establish safe, accountable residential recovery support in Thailand. That remains a future development and is not currently a medical detoxification or clinical treatment facility.
WHAT GATES OF FREEDOM PROVIDES
Gates of Freedom provides faith-based mentoring, discipleship, practical recovery support, and guidance for individuals, families, pastors, and helpers.
Gates of Freedom is not medical treatment, detoxification, psychotherapy, or emergency care.
Anyone facing a medical emergency, dangerous withdrawal, overdose, suicidal behavior, violence, or another immediate danger should contact qualified emergency or medical services.
START WITH THE NEXT STEP
If you are struggling with relapse, start with the free 72-Hour Interruption Plan.
If you are trying to help someone else, use the free Helper App or book a first conversation.