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Bible Curriculum
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Teacher Training
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Children's Ministry
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Walk the Walk
Even When It Hurts
Devotional Guide

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• use it in a support group
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• use it for your own understanding

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General: Books & Curriculum

Celebrate Recovery Curriculum

Leader's Guide Only

Participant's Guide Vol. 1: Stepping Out of Denial into God's Grace

Participant's Guide Vol. 2: Taking an Honest and Spiritual Inventory

Participant's Guide Vol. 3: Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others

Participant's Guide Vol. 4: Growing in Christ While Helping Others

Set of Participant's Guides Vol. 1-4

The Twelve Steps: A Spiritual Journey

Boundaries, Video Curriculum

Boundaries, the Hardcover Book only

Boundaries, the Leader's Guide only

Boundaries, the Participant Guide only

Boundaries, the Workbook only

Healing for Damaged Emotions

Changes That Heal

Changes That Heal Workbook

The Journey of Recovery DVD

The Journey of Recovery Leader's Guide

NIV The Journey of Recovery New Testament

Specific Recovery Needs: Books & Curriculum

Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual)

Book: The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Articles: Physical & Verbal Abuse

Addictions (alcohol, drugs)

Book: The Twelve Steps for Christians : Based on Biblical Teachings

Book: Freedom From Addiction

Workbook: Freedom From Addiction Workbook

Book: The Good Book and the Big Book : A.A's Roots in the Bible

Book: Bridge to Recovery: An Introduction to 12-Step Programs

Book: Two Tracks One Goal

Adult Children of Addicts

Book: The Healing Journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics

Aging Parents

Small Group Resource: Parenting Your Parents

Anger

Workbook: The Anger Workbook

Attention Deficit

Book: The Twelve Steps: A Guide for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Book: The Twelve Steps: A Key to Living with Attention Deficit Disorder (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)

Chronic Illness or Pain

Web-site: Rest Ministries

Co-Dependency

Book: Love is a Choice

Workbook: Love is a Choice Workbook

Book: Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps

Book: From Bondage to Bonding: Escaping Codependency, Embracing Biblical Love

Article: Overcoming Codependency

Depression

Book: The Freedom from Depression Workbook

Other Books & Articles on Depression

Divorce

Web-site: DivorceCare

Book: Growing Through Divorce

Book: Growing Seasons (for children)

Web-site: DivorceCare for Kids

Eating Disorders

Book: Love Hunger: Breaking Free from Food Addiction - 10 Stage Life Plan for Your Body, Mind, and Soul

Workbook: Love Hunger: 10-Stage Life Plan for Your Body, Mind, and Soul

Book: The Thin Disguise: Understanding and Overcoming Anorexia & Bulimia by Pam W. Vredevelt (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)

Article: Understanding Eating Disorders

Articles: Eating Disorders

Gambling Addiction

Web-site: Chance to Change Gambling Recovery

Article: The Three Stages of Gambling Addiction

Article: Ten Practical Strategies for Helping Problems Gamblers

Articles: Gambling

Grief & Loss

Web-site: GriefShare

Book: Recovering from the Losses in Life

Book: Growing Seasons (for children)

Guilt & Shame

Book: Released from Shame

Love & Relationship Addiction

Book: Addicted to Love: Understanding Dependencies of the Heart (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)

Book: Safe People

Workbook: Safe People Workbook

Article: 10 Stages of Love Addiction

Self-Esteem Issues

Book: Search for Significance

Sexual Additions

Book: An Affair of the Mind

Book: Desires in Conflict: Answering the Struggle for Sexual Identity

Book: Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Purity One Victory at a Time

Book: False Intimacy: Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction

Book: Healing Wounds of Sexual Addiction

Book: The Dirty Little Secret: Uncovering the Truth Behind Porn

Book: The Pornography Trap: Setting Pastors and Laypersons Free from Sexual Addiction

Book: When Good Men Are Tempted

Articles: Pornography & Cybersex
 
 
 

Christian Recovery & Support Group Sites

Miscellaneous Articles on Recovery

With the Life Recovery Bible you can experience true healing through a variety of notes, book introductions, and devotionals based on the twelve steps of recovery. This unique Bible will lead you to the true source of healing - God himself.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The NIV Recovery Devotional Bible encourages you to improve your relationship with God through focused prayer and meditation. You'll find a year's worth of daily meditations . . . introductions for each book of the Bible that highlight recovery-related themes, a variety of reading plans, "Step Markers" relating Scriptures to the 12-Step Program, articles explaining how to use the Bible, a subject index, and brief prayers to deepen your communication with God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Packed with more than 2,000 Scripture verses, God's Promises for Your Every Need will give you a place to turn to when you are confused or discouraged, having trouble with life's challenges, or just wanting to find refreshing insight into faith or peace.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Get a biblical perspective on recovery with this unique New Testament, Serenity, that integrates the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with the Scripture that inspired them! More than 500 verses that illustrate the 12 Steps are shaded in gray. 84 one-page meditations. Resources for additional help. Words of Christ in red.