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The Twelve Steps for Christians

The Twelve Steps For Christians has given me so much insight into the scriptures and applying them to my everyday life. I have been practicing a recovery program for ten years and this book enhances and re-enforces the principles that I endeavor to apply to my life in a progressive manner. I have shared this knowledge with friends and we have used it as a study guide. This book is a powerful tool for those interested in growing spiritually and experiencing a life changing process.

Serenity Bible

When I first got into the 12 step program in 1990 12 step literature only took me so far in my program and I needed more or else I was in danger or returning back to active addiction. In 1993 the company I worked for went out of business and we had to take all of our personal items from our office. In my office were certificates of awards,personal and family pictures gifts from friend and many others items of importances. The only thing I made sure I took with me the day I left was this book. Without Serenity and the divine inspired wisdom that it imparts I know I probally would have returned back to active addiction and would have died. If you are in the 12 step process get Serenity it will give you a true picture of what recovery is all about and like me it might save your life.

Life Recovery Bible

All I can say is that I felt so alone and alien to the world before beginning to read this book. Now I realize I am not/was not alone, and there is hope for addicts. We don't want to live that way, but sometimes feel helpless and trapped. This book will help you realize that with God anything is possible, even recovery from hopeless addiction.

Recovery Devotional Bible

This has been an extremely valuable tool in my recovery process. I am
now completing my 2nd year of using it, with great satisfaction. I gave a
copy to my sponsor one year ago, he liked it so much he has given several
copies to family and friends. My sponsor has found a new and closer walk
with God as a result of using this Bible on a daily basis.

The Recovery Book

From the momentous decision to quit alcohol or drugs to the emotional, physical, and spiritual issues
that arise years into recovery, here is an indispensable road map to every step in the process of
becoming clean and sober. The Recovery Book's 30 comprehensive and supportive chapters cover
withdrawal and detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation and how to thwart it, staging an
intervention, sexuality, and preventing and surviving relapse.

The Steps We Took

Joe McQ., an internationally respected teacher/ lecturer on the Twelve Step method, offers countless analogies, insight, explanations and elucidations of these principles, drawing from his own recovery experience and those of the hundreds he has helped.

Codependent No More

I finished reading this book and turned back to the front and started reading it again. How could anyone describe me so perfectly and give me the help and guidance I need when they don't even no who I am.

Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency

Facing Codependence

Some things said simply are more powerful thanks to their simplicity. This book provides a forceful, unflinching description of how people who are raised in a dysfunctional or abusive environment often sabotage and cripple their lives. The structure of the book is straightforward. The situations Mellody discusses are often sound sadly ordinary rather than extraordinary. But the resulting emotional resonance of this book is undeniable.

Victory Over The Darkness

Why didn't somebody explain this to me earlier?!?! Dr. Anderson explains in terms that I could truly understand, for the first time in 20 years of my Christian life, God's gifts to us, what He wants of us, what he wants to give us and how to really understand the Bible. This is probably the best book I'll ever read in my life because for me it was a guide to reading and understanding the Bible. I also highly recommend the second book in this series The Bondage Breaker.

Alcohol and the Church

This book is a "unique and most valuable resource work for anyone who truly wants to help the church pick up its role and responsibility and opportunity to reduce and preven alcohol and other drug problems," says Rev. David C. Hancock, president of Minneapolis-based "Prevention of Alcohol Problems, Inc.

A Banquet in the Grave
A worship disorder: this is how Edward T. Welch views addictions. “Will we worship ourselves and our own desires,” he writes, “or will we worship the true God?”
With this lens the author discovers far more in Scripture on addictions than passages on drunkenness. There we learn the addict’s true condition: like guests at a banquet thrown by “the woman Folly,” he is already in the grave (Prov. 9:13-18).

Can we not escape our addictions? If we’re willing to follow Jesus, the author says we have “immense hope: hope in God’s forgiving grace, hope in God’s love that is faithful even when we are not, and hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the addiction.” Each chapter concludes with “Practical Theology,” guidance “As You Face Your Own Addictions” and “As You Help Someone Else.”

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff-- and it's all small stuff

This book conveys my thoughts about how to approach life in general: keep things in perpective and enjoy the moment while responsibly planning for the future (should it actually come). Good reading for everyone who simply wants to be happier.

Addictive Personality

This book, written in clear easily understood terms, is a MUST for anyone who thinks or feels they are family, friends or co-workers with someone prone to compulsive behaviour. Those of us who have not been through de-tox and/or a 12 step programme are so deficient in awareness of the illness of addiction as to be unable to understand the effect close proximity to this illness can have upon their own lives. Nakken explains the causes of addictive behaviour and the common theme between all forms of addiction. Whether you work with or for a 'Control Freak' live with an alchoholic or a gambler/shoplifter/over-eater, or have a child who is on drugs/shoplifting, this book is for you. An excellent first step to understanding the 'illness of the 20th Century'.Although revised for the 2nd edition (1996), it lacks a section on 'Further recommended reading', but anyone getting this far should contact the publisher for advice on books on more specific topics arising.

The Power of a Praying Wife

God gifted me with a "Dream" husband, and so I struggle with feeling inadequate as a wife. Certainly I wasn't praying for him like I knew I should. Of course he has struggles and problems, but I was unsure how to pray for him. I have read many books on prayer and as many on marriage, but have never found a book that is challenging, encouraging, and PRACTICAL like this one is. I have seen it transform women and marriages. This is a book I will be giving to friends, both married and engaged, for years to come. PLEASE, if you don't read anything else, read this book.

The Power of a Praying Husband

This is a simple-to-read, yet very practical book. It covers twenty different areas in which women need their husbands' prayers, including such areas as her spirit, emotions, motherhood, relationships, sexuality, trust, fears, and her desires. A separate (but brief) chapter is devoted to each topic.

God Whispers in the Night

This is one of my favorite books. It is an excellent example of how we view ordinarily disturbing situations and how to put them in God's care. As a counselor, I find that the book helps us to look at the routine issues in our lives and feel better about them by seeing them from God's perspective. Marie Shropshire shows in a very clever manner how we can endure our problems by seeing God's love and mercy. Great book.

Recovery From Depression
Hopelessness can hit anyone. It may arise when difficult events in life come our way-broken relationships, death of a loved one, unemployment or other crisis. Sometimes we are not able to work through our feelings alone. We get stuck in a cycle of sadness and suffering. We need t o be pointed toward the source of hope. This guide will show you the way.

Fortunately, recovery is possible. Not easy. Not quick. But people who have been abused can know
God is on their side. He is committed to justice, yet full of comfort and compassion. This Life Recovery
Guide helps put the broken pieces of your life back together again.

We all experience loss. Parents split up. Friends move away. Loved ones die. To recover from these
losses we must face our grief. In this book, the author guides us through the emotionally painful work of
grief and encourage us to receive God's comfort and strength.

Adult Children of Alcoholics

I never understood why I did the things I did. I was given this book back in 1989 by my high school chaplain who explained that she too went through the same problems. Since then I have had an easier time dealing with my issues because this book tells me exactly what my issues are and why I have them. It is still hard to explain them to my husband, coworkers, and friends, however-it does not matter as much anymore-I have regained my confidence and have more self-control of my life. Today I bought my best friend a copy, no wonder we get along so well.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome

ACOA Syndrome showed me the reasons behind the craziness in my life and taught me how to heal from it.

Real Small Groups Don't Just Happen

Think all it takes to create community is to gather people together? Think again. Community doesn't just happen-it takes work. Just like friendships take time to develop, a small-group community needs to be nurtured in order to grow.

In Real Small Groups Don't Just Happen, small-group expert Neal McBride takes you on a tour of what it takes to build real community. He examines the elements necessary to nurture a real, functioning, healthy small group that cares for its members and makes a lasting difference in their lives.

Safe People

Some people are good for us, some are not. Safe people are people who help drive emotional healing and character growth. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend show how we can find the people who will help us down the path to healing and void those who may damage our emotional health. Safe People: How to Find Relationships that are Good for You provides practical ground-breaking help which lays a firm foundation for personal growth. Safe People is important, practical reading for today's modern world.

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Workshops On The Road

Educating Christian Families on addiction and addictive behavior. CUAA presenters share from their personal and professional experience how they have overcome and helped others to do the same.

Empowering saints through the Word of God; to show that there is hope and permanent healing through Jesus Christ.

Recovery Reading *Click on the Book Cover for a review and/or to purchase The Twelve Steps for Christians The Twelve Steps For Christians has given me so much insight into the scriptures and applying them to my everyday life. I have been practicing a recovery program for ten years and this book enhances and re-enforces the principles that I endeavor to apply to my life in a progressive manner. I have shared this knowledge with friends and we have used it as a study guide. This book is a powerful tool for those interested in growing spiritually and experiencing a life changing process. Serenity Bible When I first got into the 12 step program in 1990 12 step literature only took me so far in my program and I needed more or else I was in danger or returning back to active addiction. In 1993 the company I worked for went out of business and we had to take all of our personal items from our office. In my office were certificates of awards,personal and family pictures gifts from friend and many others items of importances. The only thing I made sure I took with me the day I left was this book. Without Serenity and the divine inspired wisdom that it imparts I know I probally would have returned back to active addiction and would have died. If you are in the 12 step process get Serenity it will give you a true picture of what recovery is all about and like me it might save your life. Life Recovery Bible All I can say is that I felt so alone and alien to the world before beginning to read this book. Now I realize I am not/was not alone, and there is hope for addicts. We don't want to live that way, but sometimes feel helpless and trapped. This book will help you realize that with God anything is possible, even recovery from hopeless addiction. Recovery Devotional Bible This has been an extremely valuable tool in my recovery process. I am now completing my 2nd year of using it, with great satisfaction. I gave a copy to my sponsor one year ago, he liked it so much he has given several copies to family and friends. My sponsor has found a new and closer walk with God as a result of using this Bible on a daily basis. The Recovery Book From the momentous decision to quit alcohol or drugs to the emotional, physical, and spiritual issues that arise years into recovery, here is an indispensable road map to every step in the process of becoming clean and sober. The Recovery Book's 30 comprehensive and supportive chapters cover withdrawal and detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation and how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, and preventing and surviving relapse. The Steps We Took Joe McQ., an internationally respected teacher/ lecturer on the Twelve Step method, offers countless analogies, insight, explanations and elucidations of these principles, drawing from his own recovery experience and those of the hundreds he has helped. Codependent No More I finished reading this book and turned back to the front and started reading it again. How could anyone describe me so perfectly and give me the help and guidance I need when they don't even no who I am. Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency Facing Codependence Some things said simply are more powerful thanks to their simplicity. This book provides a forceful, unflinching description of how people who are raised in a dysfunctional or abusive environment often sabotage and cripple their lives. The structure of the book is straightforward. The situations Mellody discusses are often sound sadly ordinary rather than extraordinary. But the resulting emotional resonance of this book is undeniable. Victory Over The Darkness Why didn't somebody explain this to me earlier?!?! Dr. Anderson explains in terms that I could truly understand, for the first time in 20 years of my Christian life, God's gifts to us, what He wants of us, what he wants to give us and how to really understand the Bible. This is probably the best book I'll ever read in my life because for me it was a guide to reading and understanding the Bible. I also highly recommend the second book in this series The Bondage Breaker. Alcohol and the Church This book is a "unique and most valuable resource work for anyone who truly wants to help the church pick up its role and responsibility and opportunity to reduce and preven alcohol and other drug problems," says Rev. David C. Hancock, president of Minneapolis-based "Prevention of Alcohol Problems, Inc. A Banquet in the Grave A worship disorder: this is how Edward T. Welch views addictions. “Will we worship ourselves and our own desires,” he writes, “or will we worship the true God?” With this lens the author discovers far more in Scripture on addictions than passages on drunkenness. There we learn the addict’s true condition: like guests at a banquet thrown by “the woman Folly,” he is already in the grave (Prov. 9:13-18). Can we not escape our addictions? If we’re willing to follow Jesus, the author says we have “immense hope: hope in God’s forgiving grace, hope in God’s love that is faithful even when we are not, and hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the addiction.” Each chapter concludes with “Practical Theology,” guidance “As You Face Your Own Addictions” and “As You Help Someone Else.” Don't Sweat The Small Stuff-- and it's all small stuff This book conveys my thoughts about how to approach life in general: keep things in perpective and enjoy the moment while responsibly planning for the future (should it actually come). Good reading for everyone who simply wants to be happier. Addictive Personality This book, written in clear easily understood terms, is a MUST for anyone who thinks or feels they are family, friends or co-workers with someone prone to compulsive behaviour. Those of us who have not been through de-tox and/or a 12 step programme are so deficient in awareness of the illness of addiction as to be unable to understand the effect close proximity to this illness can have upon their own lives. Nakken explains the causes of addictive behaviour and the common theme between all forms of addiction. Whether you work with or for a 'Control Freak' live with an alchoholic or a gambler/shoplifter/over-eater, or have a child who is on drugs/shoplifting, this book is for you. An excellent first step to understanding the 'illness of the 20th Century'.Although revised for the 2nd edition (1996), it lacks a section on 'Further recommended reading', but anyone getting this far should contact the publisher for advice on books on more specific topics arising. The Power of a Praying Wife God gifted me with a "Dream" husband, and so I struggle with feeling inadequate as a wife. Certainly I wasn't praying for him like I knew I should. Of course he has struggles and problems, but I was unsure how to pray for him. I have read many books on prayer and as many on marriage, but have never found a book that is challenging, encouraging, and PRACTICAL like this one is. I have seen it transform women and marriages. This is a book I will be giving to friends, both married and engaged, for years to come. PLEASE, if you don't read anything else, read this book. The Power of a Praying Husband This is a simple-to-read, yet very practical book. It covers twenty different areas in which women need their husbands' prayers, including such areas as her spirit, emotions, motherhood, relationships, sexuality, trust, fears, and her desires. A separate (but brief) chapter is devoted to each topic. God Whispers in the Night This is one of my favorite books. It is an excellent example of how we view ordinarily disturbing situations and how to put them in God's care. As a counselor, I find that the book helps us to look at the routine issues in our lives and feel better about them by seeing them from God's perspective. Marie Shropshire shows in a very clever manner how we can endure our problems by seeing God's love and mercy. Great book. Recovery From Depression Hopelessness can hit anyone. It may arise when difficult events in life come our way-broken relationships, death of a loved one, unemployment or other crisis. Sometimes we are not able to work through our feelings alone. We get stuck in a cycle of sadness and suffering. We need t o be pointed toward the source of hope. This guide will show you the way. Fortunately, recovery is possible. Not easy. Not quick. But people who have been abused can know God is on their side. He is committed to justice, yet full of comfort and compassion. This Life Recovery Guide helps put the broken pieces of your life back together again. We all experience loss. Parents split up. Friends move away. Loved ones die. To recover from these losses we must face our grief. In this book, the author guides us through the emotionally painful work of grief and encourage us to receive God's comfort and strength. Adult Children of Alcoholics I never understood why I did the things I did. I was given this book back in 1989 by my high school chaplain who explained that she too went through the same problems. Since then I have had an easier time dealing with my issues because this book tells me exactly what my issues are and why I have them. It is still hard to explain them to my husband, coworkers, and friends, however-it does not matter as much anymore-I have regained my confidence and have more self-control of my life. Today I bought my best friend a copy, no wonder we get along so well. Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome ACOA Syndrome showed me the reasons behind the craziness in my life and taught me how to heal from it. Real Small Groups Don't Just Happen Think all it takes to create community is to gather people together? Think again. Community doesn't just happen-it takes work. Just like friendships take time to develop, a small-group community needs to be nurtured in order to grow. In Real Small Groups Don't Just Happen, small-group expert Neal McBride takes you on a tour of what it takes to build real community. He examines the elements necessary to nurture a real, functioning, healthy small group that cares for its members and makes a lasting difference in their lives. Safe People** Some people are good for us, some are not. Safe people are people who help drive emotional healing and character growth. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend show how we can find the people who will help us down the path to healing and void those who may damage our emotional health. Safe People: How to Find Relationships that are Good for You provides practical ground-breaking help which lays a firm foundation for personal growth. Safe People is important, practical reading for today's modern world.

* Purchase from amazon.com or Barns and Noble.com CUAA is not affiliated with amazon.com/ Barns and Noble.com or do we profit from any book sales.