Step 1 - Conviction of Self
Admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors. That our lives had become unmanageable.
     "For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out." (Romans 7:18 NIV)

Step 2 - Seeking God's power
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
     "For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to act according to His good purpose." (Phillipians 2:13 NIV)

Step 3 - Surrender to Christ
Made a decision to turn our life and our will over to the care of God.
     "I urge you, therefore, brothers, in view of god's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship." (Romans 12:1 NIV)

Steps 4 and 5 - Confession of wrongs
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
     "Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord." (Lamentations 3:40 NIV)

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs.
     "Therefore, confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed." (James 5:16a NIV)

Steps 6 and 7 - Submit to God's changes
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
     "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." (James 4:10 NIV)

Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
     "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9 NIV)

Steps 8 and 9 - Make amends and offer forgiveness
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all
     "Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke 6:31 NIV)

Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
     "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." (Matthew 5:23-24 NIV)

Step 10 - Keep a daily inventory
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
     "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!" (1 Corinthians 10:12 NIV)

Step 11 - Grow closer to God
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and power to carry that out.
     "Let the Word of christ dwell in you richly." (Colossians 3:16a NIV)

Step 12 - Help others by serving
Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all our affairs.
     "Brothers, if a man is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you may also be tempted." (Galatians 6:1 NIV)

**Note from John Baker, founder of Celebrate Recovery: "Throughout this material, you will notice several references to the Christ-centered 12 Steps. Our prayer is that Celebrate Recovery will create a bridge to the millions of people who are familiar with the secular 12 Steps (I acknowledge the use of some material from the 12 Suggested Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous) and in so doing, introduce them to the one and only true Higher Power, Jesus Christ. Once they begin that relationship, asking Christ into their hearts as Lord and Savior, true healing and recovery can begin!"

(Taken from Celebrate Recovery materials)