Congratulations on making it to Celebrate Recovery Step 12! It is quite an achievement to make it through the 12 steps. After all, they are life-changing steps if you follow them completely. Don’t skip a step to just “get it done.” They are all important!
Celebrate Recovery Step 12 is all about giving and serving in recovery. Once you’ve gone through the 12 steps on your own, you’ll want to share the good news with others by telling them what the 12-step program did for you.
If you are not familiar with the 12-step program, here’s a brief introduction. It is a Christ-centered recovery program called Celebrate Recovery. Anyone with a hurt, habit, or hangup is welcome to attend, and isn’t that everyone in the world?
If you are new to this 12-step recovery series, read Celebrate Recovery Step One! If you’re continuing with us through the 12 steps in order and want to read the last article, please check out Celebrate Recovery Step 11.
Celebrate Recovery Step 12 helps you learn how to give and share with others, which is vitally important, so please check out the valuable resources, assistance, and advice in this article.
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What is Celebrate Recovery Step 12?
Both 12-step recovery programs (Alcoholics Anonymous or AA and Celebrate Recovery or CR) use 12 steps of recovery. The difference between the two is that Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program. Learn more about what Celebrate Recovery is.
Celebrate Recovery has 8 Principles of recovery that coincide with the 12 steps. These principles are based on the Beatitudes found in the Bible in Matthew 5.
Celebrate Recovery Step 12 states: Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all our affairs. Celebrate Recovery Step 12 corresponds with Celebrate Recovery Principle 8.
If you feel confused by the numbers found in Celebrate Recovery (the principles, steps, and lessons), check out this FREE list of Celebrate Recovery Numbers. It will increase your understanding as you progress through Celebrate Recovery Step 12.
Celebrate Recovery Principle 8 states: Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. The Bible verse that corresponds with this principle is Matthew 5:10.
Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires. – Matthew 5:10
What Does Celebrate Recovery Step 12 Mean?
In Celebrate Recovery step 12, we have completed all other steps, giving us a spiritual experience like no other. Because of this, we are ready to share this message with others and implement what we’ve learned in our day-to-day affairs.
To fully embrace Celebrate Recovery Step 12, we must give. GIVE stands for putting God first, making “I” turn into “we,” sharing Victories, and being an Example with our actions. Celebrate Recovery Lesson 23 goes into more detail.
Additionally, we will want to say, YES. We can do this by Yielding ourselves to God, being an Example to others, and Serving as Jesus did. For additional details, check out Celebrate Recovery Lesson 24.
In lesson 23 and lesson 24 of Celebrate Recovery, there are FREE Celebrate Recovery study guides – helpful tools to use in a group or as an extra resource as you walk through the 12 steps.
Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16
How to Achieve Celebrate Recovery Step 12
In Celebrate Recovery step 12, our chief aims are to get our priorities straight, share in our struggles and victories, be a positive example to others, surrender to God completely, and serve others in Celebrate Recovery and outside of Celebrate Recovery as Jesus would and did.
How to Put God First
There are endless ways to prioritize. You can set up schedules, checklists, timelines, and more. Additionally, you might need a planner or an organization system to schedule your time in a manner that puts God at the center of the actions of your life.
Here are some basic tips that might help:
- Try a Bible study. We have many available for free.
- Consider starting a Bible reading plan.
- Pray before your feet hit the ground in the morning.
- Build a relationship with God.
- Memorizing Scripture can help you when you don’t have a Bible handy.
Related: How to Put God First
How to Share in Victories and Struggles
Sharing in your wins and hard times is all part of recovery. The fight does not stop once you’ve completed the 12 steps. Unfortunately, trials will come and there will be further wins that you will want to celebrate. Build friendships in your recovery meetings so that you can share.
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How to Be a Positive Example to Others
What we do and say and how we act are all part of who we are. Others see all of it. Are you a positive force in this world? Are you showing others the benefits of being someone who has completed the 12 steps of recovery, or do you mope and complain all the time?
Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. – Philippians 2:14-15
How to Surrender to God Completely
Allowing God to fully embrace your life will change you in ways that you could have never imagined. It is not easy to let go of your worries. We are almost comfortable when we worry or fret about something, but we are told to turn it all over to God completely. Surrender!
For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. – Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
How to Serve Inside and Outside Recovery
Now that you’ve completed the 12 steps of recovery, you are ready to be an example to others. You can do this by serving inside of your CR meetings or step studies. Additionally, volunteering your time outside of recovery meetings is greatly rewarding.
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. – Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
Tips for Success for Celebrate Recovery Step 12
Here are some suggestions to achieve Celebrate Recovery Step 12. If one tip doesn’t work well for you, try a different one.
- Learn the 30 benefits of going to a recovery meeting!
- Build your relationship with God in a real and meaningful way.
- Join a Celebrate Recovery Step Study! While the recovery meetings are great to get you started, the step studies are where you grow and bond with other people for life.
- Consider trying to memorize scripture! That way, they are always on your heart.
- Memorize the Serenity Prayer for peace in any situation! (Repeat it over and over again.)
Bonus Celebrate Recovery Step 12 Resources
These bonus Celebrate Recovery Step 12 resources should help you achieve success while doing this final step in recovery!
A Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps Certificate of Completion
https://sharinglifeandlove.com/product/12-steps-certificate-of-completion
A Celebrate Recovery Step 12 Video
Celebrate Recovery Step 12 Video
Celebrate Recovery Step 12 Resources
- The Celebrate Recovery NIV Study Bible is a fabulous resource to have on hand when you are facing trials. It is perfect for recovery!!
- The Celebrate Recovery 365 Devotional Book is another great resource that can help you jumpstart your spiritual life or road to recovery!
- The Celebrate Recovery Blog Series – In our Celebrate Recovery articles, you’ll see how to accomplish the 12 steps and learn how to successfully walk the road to recovery.
- Many of our Celebrate Recovery articles have free resources and/or study guides available in the Shop. Read the first article – What is Celebrate Recovery?
- The Celebrate Recovery Journal is a new resource where you can record the details of your journey. As you establish new healthy habits, why not consider writing them down?
- If you have not purchased the fourth study guide in Celebrate Recovery, grab your copy for even more questions and resources!
Conclusion
You now know how to take step 12 in recovery. This is huge! Celebrate Recovery Step 12 is the last of the 12 steps in recovery. It teaches you to give and trust God as you serve as one of His servants, having completed a 12-step recovery program.
If you have completed all 12 steps, please leave a comment! We’d love to hear how your recovery progressed! Continue to go to meetings and follow the steps. It is crucial that you trust the process and God. Do that, and you will see success!
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5-6
