The 15 Steps
A proven path forward, rooted in faith and community.
Celebrate Recovery builds on the traditional 12 Steps and adds three additional steps focused on worship, witnessing, and walking with God. It's a comprehensive approach that addresses the whole person — body, mind, spirit, and relationships.
1
Admit we are powerless over our addiction and that our lives have become unmanageable.
2
Come to believe that a Mighty Power of God can restore us to sanity.
3
Make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God.
4
Conduct a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5
Admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6
Become entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7
Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings.
8
Make a list of all the persons we have harmed and become willing to make amends to them all.
9
Make direct amends to these people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10
Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admit it.
11
Seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God.
12
Having had a spiritual awakening, share the message of recovery with others.
13
Practice the presence of God through worship, prayer, and meditation.
14
Witness the recovery process by sharing our experience, strength, and hope with those who still suffer.
15
Walk intelligently with God and others, practicing all the principles and carrying the message to all who need it.
