Jim built this because he needed it and it didn't exist.
Jim Lehmkuhl is a recovered addict. He will tell you that plainly, because it's the truth, and because the plainness of it is part of what makes Surge what it is.
When Jim was walking through his own recovery, he found programs that helped in some ways. But he kept running into the same gap: he wanted Christ at the center — not as a footnote, not as one of twelve steps, but as the actual foundation. He wanted scripture, not just slogans. He wanted people who would pray with him, not just share a meeting room with him.
That room didn't exist. So Jim built it. He started Surge Recovery in Chesterfield because he believed the gap he had experienced was one other people were feeling too. He was right. Week after week, people keep walking through the door.
Jim leads Surge not from professional credentials but from lived experience and sincere faith. That's the only kind of authority this room recognizes, and it's the kind that actually helps.
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