Center for 12 Step Recovery

It’s not the twelve ideas. Not the twelve doctrines. Not the twelve convictions. It is a collection of twelve recommended behaviors which members of Alcoholics Anonymous have found to be helpful. Whether you are new to a twelve step program or an old-timer, we hope that you will find something here that will help you to do the spiritual practices which are recommended in the twelve steps.

Workbooks

Embracing Serenity: workbooks by Teresa McBean

By the Book: A Video Workshop

The Bible puts it this way: “faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” (N.I.V., James 2:17). The Big Book of A.A. puts it like this: “The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.” So, what do you do when you do the twelve steps? These resources will introduce you to each step from the perspective of what behaviors are being suggested. What we have to offer here is four people with significant experience doing the steps and helping others to do the same. We hope that some of their suggestions will be helpful to you.

• Session 1: Step 1
• Session 2: Step 2
• Session 3: Step 3
• Session 4: Step 4 – Resentment Inventory
• Session 5: Step 4 – Fear Inventory
• Session 6: Step 4 – Sex Inventory
• Session 7: Step 5
• Session 8: Step 6
• Session 9: Step 7
• Session 10: Step 8
• Session 11: Step 9
• Session 12: Step 10
• Session 13: Step 11
• Session 14: Step 12

Biblical Connections

• An Introduction to the Twelve Steps
• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• Step 7
• Step 8
• Step 9
• Step 10
• Step 11
• Step 12

Bible Study Guides

Articles

• Amends stories
• Why Work the Steps? – C. J. Camp
• God as We Understood Him: Too Christian or Not Christian Enough? – Dale Ryan
• Someone To Help Today – James Ryan
• God, as we understood God – James Ryan
• Powerlessness – Matt Russell
• Doomed – James Ryan
• God As I Don’t Understand HIm – Heather Kopp
• Grace in Action – James Ryan
• Working for God – Dale Wolery
• Women and Sexual Addiction – Marnie Ferree
• Why Do Christians Need to Work the Steps? – C. J. Camp
• Substance Abuse: the Hurt and the Hope – Dale Wolery
• On Addiction – Dale Ryan
• Recovery from Sexual Addiction – Mark Laaser
• Common Symptoms of ADD in Adults –
• Attention Disorders and Addictions – Wendy Richardson
• Am I One of Them? ADD – Dale Wolery
• Take Inventory – Juanita Ryan
• Living Free: Forming and Conducting A Recovery Ministry – Ron and Valerie Halvorson
• Turning on the Light – Aaron Shepard
• The 12 Steps to Total and Complete Insanity
• The Practice of Sponsorship – James Ryan
• The Fear of Death and Recovery from Lust Addiction – Ron J.
• The Challenge of Clergy Amends – Dale Wolery
• Stories from Three Recovering People About Their Amends
• Relapse and the Brain – Michael Dye and Patricia Fancher
• On Powerlessness – Dale Ryan
• Making Amends – Piers Kaniuka
• Four Kinds of Moral Inventory – James Ryan
• Cleaning House: Confession and Sexual Addiction – William R.
• Breaking the Chains of Substance Abuse – Clark Burlew
• I Surrender – Aaron Edwards
• Becoming Willing – Dale Ryan
• Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery – Pat Means
• The Art of Sponsorship: beyond the basics – Margaret Bullitt-Jonas