The purpose is to serve God by reaching out to others so we can step out of denial into God's grace, take an honest and spiritual inventory that will help us get right with God, ourselves and others, and allows us to grow in Christ while helping others.

• Anyone ready to start a new life
• The churched and the un-churched
• Men and women
• The addicted and their families
• The guilty, sad, or compulsive
• Anyone in need of recovery

Celebrate Recovery is conducted by Christians who have been through 12-step recovery themselves. We understand.

Many have been dealt tragic blows in their lives. Our choices cause painful and lingering consequences, leading to guilt, remorse, grief, and shame. Our leaders truly understand and lead others.

Perhaps you are wondering why Celebrate Recovery is so successful in thousands of churches across the land and around the world. There are 7 features that make it unique:

• Celebrate Recovery is based on God's Word, the Bible.
• Celebrate Recovery is forward looking
• Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility.
• Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ.
• Celebrate Recovery utilizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow spiritually and emotionally.
• Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of habits, hurts and hang-ups.
• Celebrate Recovery is a leadership factory.

• A safe place to share.
• A refuge.
• A place of belonging.
• A place to care for others and be cared for.
• Where respect is given to each member.
• Where confidentiality is highly regarded.
• A place to learn.
• A place to demonstrate genuine love.
• A place to grow and become strong again.
• A place for progress.
• Where you can take off your mask and allow others to know who you are.
• A place for healthy challenges and healthy risks.
• A possible turning point in your life.

• A place for selfish control. Therapy.
• A place for secrets.
• A place to look for dating relationships.
• A place to rescue or be rescued by others.
• A place for perfection.
• A long-term commitment.
• A place to judge others.
• A quick fix.

THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: Eight Recovery Principles based on the BEATITUDES by Pastor Rick Warren

• R = Realize I'm not God;
  I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable.
  "Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor"
• E = Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to him, and that he has the power to help me recover.
  "Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"
• C = Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.
  "Happy are the meek"
• O = Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust.
  "Happy are the pure in heart"
• V = Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
  "Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires"
• E = Evaluate all my relationships;
  Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I've done to others except when to do so would harm them or others.
  "Happy are the merciful" "Happy are the peacemakers"
• R = Reserve a daily time with God for self examination, Bible readings and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
  
• Y = Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
  "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires"