Addiction Resources

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Alcoholics Anonymous
Raleigh Area AA Meetings

Sex Addicts Anonymous
Raleigh Area SAA Meetings

Pure Desires Ministries (Counseling)

It has been said that the greatest gift that the United States has brought to the world’s religious heritage is the 12 steps of recovery. We think these dozen signposts to good health and a peaceful heart are something to explore and lean into when we need a little help.

Narcotics Anonymous
Raleigh Area NA Meetings

Brother Jesus said “Let he who is without sin among you, cast the first stone.” (John 8:7) When He said that every member of the crowd that was about to violently destroy a helpless woman slowly dispersed. 

The meaning of sin is to “miss the mark.” Every single one of us misses the mark. That fact enables us to all drop our stones.

Overeaters Anonymous
Raleigh Area OA Meetings

And, if you need a helping hand with potentially destructive behaviors, you’re in good company. Seek out a 12 step fellowship or a Celebrate Recovery gathering. Miracles of healing have often happened in those rooms.

Gamblers Anonymous
Raleigh Area GA Meetings

National Helpline

Here are the 12 Steps, with their Biblical references, from Celebrate Recovery:

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. 
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18 NIV

2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 NIV

3. We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your  spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1 NIV

4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40 NIV

5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16a NIV

6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10 NIV

7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV

8. We 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 NIV

9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 NIV

10. We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12

11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16a NIV

12. 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.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore them gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Galatians 6:1 NIV

'I' Version of the Serenity Prayer

GOD, grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change,

the COURAGE to change the things I can,

and the WISDOM to know the difference.