Table of Content
The Road to Recovery . . . . . 9 Twelve Steps and Their Biblical Comparisons . . .10 Foreword by Rick Warren . . . .12 From My Heart to Yours . . . . .14 Introduction: I. Ninety-Day Kickoff Strategy . . . . .20 II. Seven Keys to Start Your Recovery Ministry and Keep It Growing . . . .22 III. Meeting Formats and Materials . . .28 Principle 1: Realize I'm not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable. "Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor." Lesson 1: Denial . . . .37 Lesson 2: Powerless . .45 Principle 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. "Happy are those who mourn." Lesson 3: Hope . . . . .57 Lesson 4: Sanity . . . .62 Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control. "Happy are the meek." Lesson 5: Turn . . . . .73 Lesson 6: Action . . . .78 Principle 4: Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. "Happy are the pure in heart." Lesson 7: Moral . . . .91 Lesson 8: Sponsor . . .97 Lesson 9: Inventory .107 Lesson 10: Spiritual Inventory Part 1 . .111 Lesson 11: Spiritual Inventory Part 2 . .117 Lesson 12: Confess . .122 Lesson 13: Admit . . .127 Principle 5: Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. "Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires." Lesson 14: Ready . . .135 Lesson 15: Victory . .140 Principle 6: Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. "Happy are the merciful." "Happy are the peacemakers." Lesson 16: Amends . .149 Lesson 17: Forgiveness . . . . .155 Lesson 18: Grace . . .160 Principle 7: Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. Lesson 19: Crossroads . . . . .171 Lesson 20: Daily Inventory . . .176 Lesson 21: Relapse . .183 Lesson 22: Gratitude .189 Principle 8: Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires." Lesson 23: Give . . . .197 Lesson 24: Yes . . . .202 Lesson 25: The Seven Reasons We Get Stuck . . .208 Closing Thoughts . . 215 Appendixes . 217
