The Way to 12 Steps

Before the 12 Steps, There Was His Way

By: Justin W. Boggs

Narrated by: Rick Nolting

What if the path to freedom you've been walking has been Jesus's path all along?

For nearly a century, millions have found freedom through the Twelve Steps—freedom from addiction, fear, and the tyranny of self. But few realize that the principles powering this transformation are ancient Christian practices, preserved in recovery rooms and waiting to be reconnected to their Source.

The Way to 12 Steps reveals the biblical foundation beneath every Step—showing how recovery and discipleship are the same journey.

Drawing from the Sermon on the Mount, the Book of James, and decades of lived recovery experience, Justin W Boggs demonstrates how each Step embodies a core principle of Christian faith:

• Steps 1-3: Admission of powerlessness, faith in God's power, and surrender of will
• Steps 4-5: Moral inventory and confession—ancient practices of self-examination and truth-telling
• Steps 6-7: Readiness and humility—cooperating with God's transforming grace
• Steps 8-9: Making amends—Jesus's command to be reconciled
• Steps 10-12: Daily inventory, prayer, and carrying the message—Christian discipleship lived one day at a time

This book is for Christians in recovery balancing faith and program, believers seeking to understand recovery's spiritual depth, those in AA curious about the Christian roots of the Steps, and pastors integrating recovery principles into church life.

The path of recovery is not separate from following Jesus. It is the same narrow road, walked one surrendered day at a time, empowered by grace. His invitation still stands. His Way is still open."You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." — Jeremiah 29:13

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