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Do you struggle with addictions or dependencies, or do you want to help someone who does? From the authors of the popular Life Recovery series that has guided millions of readers back to health and wholeness, now comes the ultimate recovery bookwritten from a Christian perspective. As authors and counselors, Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop walk readers through the Twelve Steps of recovery. They share real-life personal stories from survivors as well as Biblical stories and verses to support readers in their journey. Whether using the book alone, or as a companion to the popular Life Recovery Bible, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to walk closer with God through recovery, as well as for their counselors, pastors, and loved ones.
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The Book of Life Recovery: Inspiring Stories and Biblical Wisdom for Your Journey through the Twelve Steps
Copyright 2012 by Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop. All rights reserved.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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The Twelve Steps of Life Recovery are adapted from The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and are used here with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that AAWS has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that AAWS necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism onlyuse of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, or in any other non-AA context, does not imply otherwise. Additionally, while AA is a spiritual program, AA is not a religious program. Thus, AA is not affiliated or allied with any sect, denomination, or specific religious belief.
The stories in The Book of Life Recovery are true, first-person accounts. Names, locations, and other identifying details have been changed to safeguard the privacy and dignity of the individuals involved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arterburn, Stephen, date.
The book of life recovery : inspiring stories and biblical wisdom for your journey through the twelve steps / Stephen Arterburn, David Stoop.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 978-1-4143-6139-0 (sc)
1. Twelve-step programsReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Stoop, David A. II. Title.
BV4596.T88A77 2012
248.8629dc23 2012015450
Build: 2012-07-25 16:01:02
- We admitted we were powerless over our problems and that our lives had become unmanageable.
- We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God.
- We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- We humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
- We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
This book is the basic text for life recovery from a biblical perspective. We believe that when Dr. Bob and Bill W. worked with the Reverend Sam Shoemaker to create the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, they developed their ideas from the text of Scripture. In The Life Recovery Bible, we show how each of the Twelve Steps is founded on the principles of the Bible. Now we have added this book as another resource to support your recovery process.
Inside, you will find an expansion on each of the Twelve Steps to help you better understand what each Step asks of you. The book is structured to allow you to work through the entire program over the course of a yearone month on each Step. You can begin by reading the personal recovery stories at the beginning of each Step. Then read and reread the Step Insight as many times as necessary to make sure you understand what is involved with that specific Step.
Then you will find four Bible studies for each Step, which will help you interact with passages of Scripture that support the teaching of that Step. You might work through one Bible study each week for the month you are focusing on that particular Step. You will enhance the benefit of these studies if you discuss your responses to the studies in a group with others on the same recovery path.
We have found that the Twelve Steps of Life Recovery outline the principles by which anyone can experience healing and recovery for a variety of issues in life. The obvious application of the Twelve Steps is oriented to the individual alcohol or drug addict. But more and more we find the Steps are just as relevant and helpful to sex addicts, codependents, gambling addicts, workaholics, spendaholics, and any person struggling with a compulsive behavior, emotional problem, or character defect that interferes with their ability to live life as God intended. We believe all these problems will yield themselves to the healing power of these biblically sound principles. We have also found that many people who cannot afford to see counselors can find the help they need in a Twelve Step group.
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