Life Recovery Topical Workbook

Begin the journey of recovery from sexual addiction! Let's start now on a twelve-step path that will lead us out of inappropriate sexual behaviors into the restoration of life. In the Life Recovery Workbook for Sexual Integrity, discover real-life stories of fellow travelers, great questions for individual or group discussion, and a Bible-centered approach to freedom. Twelve beautiful blessings await after our hard work on the journey of recovery from sexual addiction. • Step 1: Open our hearts to God's power to free us from the grip of unhealthy sexual behaviors. "O God, please strengthen me just one more time." (Judges 16:28). • Step 2: Allow God to restore our sexual sanity. "Who can bring purity out of an impure person?" (Job 14:4). • Step 3: Submit to God in order to be freed from the bondage of life-stealing addiction. "If you give up your life for me, you will find it." (Matthew 10:39). • Step 4: Self-examination leads us out of addiction. "You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right." (2 Corinthians 7:11). • Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with mutual confession. "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (James 5:16). • Step 6: Get ready for God to heal us from addictive sexual behaviors. "You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God." (Psalm 51:17). • Step 7: Invite God to remove our sexual shortcomings. "I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts." (Isaiah 57:15). • Step 8: Create a list of people our unwise sexual behavior adversely affected. "Now, however, it is time to forgive." (2 Corinthians 2:7). • Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sexual sins and experience a clean slate. "But then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right." (Ezekiel 33:14). • Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives." (James 1:21). • Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "Teach me how to live, O Lord." (Psalm 27:11). • Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from habitual sexual sin. "He will give a crown of beauty for ashes." (Isaiah 61:3).

The Life Recovery Workbooks meet the needs of people dealing with compulsive behaviors that go beyond alcohol and substance abuse. These workbooks complement The Life Recovery Bible and focus on developing a biblical foundation for both understanding and successfully overcoming specific areas of struggle. Each workbook explores how Scripture speaks to a specific issue. The series provides a solid recovery path to many who have never considered working the 12 Steps for a specific problem and for those who have worked the 12 Steps for addiction or codependency but have never homed in on a specific area of struggle.

Begin the journey of recovery from eating disorders! Let's start now on a twelve-step path that will lead out of the bondage of eating disorders and into the freedom that comes from a closer relationship with God. In the Life Recovery Workbook for Eating Disorders, discover real-life stories of fellow travelers, great questions for individual or group discussion, and a Bible-centered approach to freedom. Twelve beautiful blessings await after our hard work on the journey of recovery from eating disorders. • Step 1: Open our hearts to God's power to free us from the grip of food addiction. "We now have this light shining in our hearts." (2 Corinthians 4:7). • Step 2: Allow God to join us in the powerful emotions behind our eating disorder. "Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well. Go in peace." (Luke 8:48). • Step 3: Rest in God's care for every decision and eating habit. "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28). • Step 4: Gain a true picture of how God sees us. "At that moment their eyes were opened." (Genesis 3:7). • Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with confession. "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (James 5:16). • Step 6: Get ready for repentance from sins expressed in unhealthy eating. "You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God." (Psalm 51:17). • Step 7: Allow God's Spirit to fix our food addictions. "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." (Luke 18:14). • Step 8: Create a list of people our eating disorders have affected. "Do to others as you would like them to do to you." (Luke 6:31). • Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sins (when possible) and experience a clean slate. "But then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right." (Ezekiel 33:14). • Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "Be careful not to fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12). • Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him." (Lamentations 3:25). • Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from eating disorders. "Gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path." (Galatians 6:1).

Begin the journey of recovery from grief! Let's start now on a twelve-step path that will lead us out of the death grip of grief into the restoration of life. In the Life Recovery Workbook for Grief, discover real-life stories of fellow travelers, great questions for individual or group discussion, and a Bible-centered approach to freedom. Twelve beautiful blessings await after our hard work on the journey of recovery from grief. • Step 1: Open our hearts to God's power to free us from the grip of grief. "Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak." (Psalm 6:2). • Step 2: Allow God to join us in the powerful emotions of grief. "My heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away." (Isaiah 24:16). • Step 3: Rest in God's care and help to take our loss and grief. "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28). • Step 4: Gain a true picture of how God sees us as we grieve. "Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" (Nehemiah 8:10). • Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with confession. "But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." (1 John 1:9). • Step 6: Get ready for repentance and movement through our grief. "Would you like to get well?" (John 5:6). • Step 7: Allow God's Spirit to heal our hearts from grief. "I will comfort those who mourn." (Isaiah 57:18). • Step 8: Create a list of people our grief may have adversely affected. "Do to others as you would like them to do to you." (Luke 6:31). • Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sins and experience a clean slate. "Go and be reconciled to that person." (Matthew 5:24). • Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "Be careful not to fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12). • Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him." (Lamentations 3:25). • Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from grief. "Gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path." (Galatians 6:1).