12 Steps of Celebrate Recovery and their Biblical Comparisons

THE 12 STEPS

And Their Biblical Comparisons

Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. Romans 7:18

Step 2: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Philippians 2:13

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God. Romans 12:1

Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Lamentations 3:40

Step 5: We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. James 5:16

Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. James 4:10

Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. 1 John 1:9

Step 8: We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Luke 6:31

Step 9: We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Matthew 5:23-24

Step 10: We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. 1 Corinthians 10:12

Step 11: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out. Colossians 3:16

Step 12: Having had a spiritual experience as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Galatians 6:1