Table of Contents
The Road to Recovery: Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes 9
Twelve Steps and Their Biblical Comparisons 10
Foreword Rick Warren 12
From My Heart to Yours 14
Getting Started 21
The Tourney Begins: Part I
Principle 1 Realize I'm not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor."
Lesson 1 Denial 67
Lesson 2 Powerless 74
The Tourney Begins: Part 2
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, for they shall be comforted."
Lesson 3 Hope 89
Lesson 4 Sanity 93
The Journey Begins: Part 3
Principle 3 Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.
"Happy are the meek."
Lesson 5 Turn 105
Lesson 6 Action 110
The Tourney Begins: Part 4
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 Sponsor 123
Lesson 8 Moral 129
Lesson 9 Inventory 134
Lesson 10 Spiritual Inventory Part 1 138
Lesson 11 Spiritual Inventory Part 2 143
Lesson 12 Confess 147
Lesson 13 Admit 152
The Tourney Begins: Part 5
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 165
Lesson 15 Victory 169
The Tourney Begins: Part 6
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 185
Lesson 17 Forgiveness 190
Lesson 18 Grace 195
The Tourney Begins: Part 7
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 207
Lesson 20 Daily Inventory 212
Lesson 21 Relapse 217
Lesson 22 Gratitude 223
The Tourney Begins: Part 8
Principle 8 Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires."
Lesson 23 Give 235
Lesson 24 Yes 239
Lesson 25 The Seven Reasons We Get Stuck 250
The Tourney Continues: Celebrate Recovery's All New Revolutionary Step Study 255
Closing Thoughts 267
Appendices 269
