The Twelve Steps w/Scripture Comparables
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our food addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable.
"I am completely discouraged. I lie in the dust…" (Psalm 119:25, New Living Bible)
Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
"Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. I am but a pilgrim here on earth: how I need a map—and your commands are my chart and guide. I long for your instructions more than I can tell.” (Psalm 119 18-20, New Living)
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 New International Version)
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"…let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work…” (Galatians 6:4 Amplified)
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
"Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray (also) for one another, that you may be healed…" (James 5:16, Amplified)
Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
"…Do not resent it when God chastens and corrects you, for his punishment is proof of his love. Just as a father punishes a son he delights in to make him better, so the Lord corrects you.” (Proverbs 3:11-12, New Living)
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
"But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong…” (l John 1:9 New Living)
Step 8: 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 New International Version)
Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13 New International Version)
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
"Now your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly changing for the better. Yes, you must be a new and different person, holy and good. Clothe yourself with this new nature. Stop lying to each other, tell the truth, for we are parts of each other and when we lie to each other we are hurting ourselves.” (Ephesians 4:23-25 New Living)
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
"Pray all the time. Ask God for anything in line with the Holy Spirit's wishes. Plead with him, reminding him of your needs, and keep praying earnestly for all Christians everywhere.” (Ephesians 6:18 New Living)
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to food addicts and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
"It is God himself, in his mercy, who has given us this wonderful work (of telling his Good News to others) and so we never give up.” (2 Corinthians 4:1 New Living)
"I am completely discouraged. I lie in the dust…" (Psalm 119:25, New Living Bible)
Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
"Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. I am but a pilgrim here on earth: how I need a map—and your commands are my chart and guide. I long for your instructions more than I can tell.” (Psalm 119 18-20, New Living)
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 New International Version)
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"…let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work…” (Galatians 6:4 Amplified)
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
"Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray (also) for one another, that you may be healed…" (James 5:16, Amplified)
Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
"…Do not resent it when God chastens and corrects you, for his punishment is proof of his love. Just as a father punishes a son he delights in to make him better, so the Lord corrects you.” (Proverbs 3:11-12, New Living)
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
"But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong…” (l John 1:9 New Living)
Step 8: 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 New International Version)
Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13 New International Version)
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
"Now your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly changing for the better. Yes, you must be a new and different person, holy and good. Clothe yourself with this new nature. Stop lying to each other, tell the truth, for we are parts of each other and when we lie to each other we are hurting ourselves.” (Ephesians 4:23-25 New Living)
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
"Pray all the time. Ask God for anything in line with the Holy Spirit's wishes. Plead with him, reminding him of your needs, and keep praying earnestly for all Christians everywhere.” (Ephesians 6:18 New Living)
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to food addicts and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
"It is God himself, in his mercy, who has given us this wonderful work (of telling his Good News to others) and so we never give up.” (2 Corinthians 4:1 New Living)
