A Healing Journey to Personal Growth & Renewal

 The 12-step journey is more than a recovery process; it is a sacred pilgrimage back to the heart of the Creator, where your brokenness is met with boundless compassion. When you reach the end of your own strength and surrender to a Power greater than yourself, you are not falling into a void, but into the waiting arms of Grace. This path invites you to lay down the heavy burden of shame and step into the light of God’s redemptive love, where every mistake is filtered through mercy and every scar becomes a testimony of resilience. Healing is not a linear climb, but a steady unfolding of the soul as you learn to trust that you are never truly alone. Through the grace of God, the chains of the past are replaced by the freedom of the Spirit, offering you a future defined not by what you lost, but by becoming who you were always meant to be.

1. We admitted we were powerless over our problems and that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (Shining LIGHT into our lives!)
3. We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and those who had harmed us, willing to make amends and forgive others as well as forgive ourselves.
9. We made direct amends whenever possible, except when to do so would injure ourselves or others; also extended forgiveness to those who had harmed us and to ourselves. (Embracing FREEDOM in our lives!)
10. We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

(The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have been reprinted and adapted with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ("A.A.W.S.") Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that Alcoholics Anonymous is affiliated with this program. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only - use of A.A.'s steps or an adapted version in connection with programs, and activities which are patterned after A.A. but which address other problems, or use in any other non-A.A. context does not apply otherwise.)

 "We are joined together with peace through the Spirit, so [let us] make every effort to continue together in this way." ~ Ephesians 4:3 

The only requirement to join this program is a willingness to invite healing into your heart. There are NO FEES to receive any of the following:

• Wellness worksheets (emailed) - Journal prompts that invite personal reflection & improved self-awareness to initiate a more intimate relationship with ourselves as we acquire greater understanding of ourselves
• YouTube Playlists 'Step by Step' - Inspiring music, self-care practices, guided meditations, personal growth education/inspiration, varied healing modalities
• Accountability options to help facilitate 'KEEPIN ON' aka Healing Buddies
• Recommended 'Learning to Heal' reading and self-care practices
• Mindful self-compassion education and recommended exercises
• Unlimited online support among other healing members
• Weekly and/or monthly meetings (contact us for current list of locations & times)

"Confess your [life struggles]  to each other and pray for each other so you can live together whole and healed." ~ James 5:16a

The world thinks intimacy occurs in the dark but God says it happens in the light. Darkness is used to hide our hurts, faults, fears, failures, and flaws. But in the light we bring them all out into the open and admit who we really are.

In our coming together, we honor the group by releasing any judgment of personalities, preferences, interpretations, styles or methods. We will concentrate on loving each other and fulfilling God's purposes.

"Let there be real harmony ... I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thoughts and purpose." ~ 1 Corinthians 1:10 

To ensure the loving standard of this fellowship, WE WILL...

1. Share our true feelings (authenticity)youteud
2. Encourage each other (mutuality)
3. Support each other (sympathy)
4. Forgive each other (mercy)
5. Speak the truth in love (honesty)
6. Admit out weaknesses (humility)
7. Respect our differences (courtesy)
8. Not gossip (confidentiality)
9. Make group a priority (frequency)