What Are the Twelve Steps of Recovery?

The Twelve Steps are a set of guiding principles in addiction treatment that outline a course of action for tackling problems including alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsion.

Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our addiction—that our lives had become unmanageable.

 Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

 Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

 Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

 Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

 Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

 Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

 Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

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.

 Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

 

RECOVERY GROUPS LEADERSHIP & CONTACT INFORMATION

MEETINGS AND LEADERS/CONTACTS

Harmony Home

Narcotics Anonymous

Sun. 4:00 p.m.

Mon. 7:30 p.m.

Speaker Meeting

Sun. 6:30 p.m.

House Meeting

Sun. 7:30 p.m.

Life Skills

Tues. 6:00 p.m.

Group Study

Sat. 11:00 a.m.

 

Robert Knorr

Huntingtonharmony@gmail.com

260-515-0656

Celebrate Recovery

Not meeting at this time

Brianna’s Hope

Tues. 6:00 p.m.

Taylor Falk

taylor@myplaceofgrace.org

260-415-0235

Narcotics Anonymous

Mon 7:30 p.m.

Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Robert Knorr

260-515-0656

AA Big Book Study

Thurs. 7:30 p.m.

Robert Knorr

260-515-0656

Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon

Fri. 7:30 p.m.

Bill Lucker

William.lucker@comcast.net

260-519-0327

Recovery Revival Meeting

4th Sat. 5:30 p.m.

Jeff Diamond

260-355-9364
Harmony Home Staff

Shannon Leininger

project.period.recover.itworks@gmail.com

260-200-0456

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October 07, 2025
Depending on our Higher Power
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"As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the inner strength we get in our relationship with Him."
Basic Text, p. 71

For many addicts, rebelliousness is second nature. We didn't want to depend on anyone or anything, and especially not on God. The beauty of using, we thought, was that it gave us the power to be and feel anything we wanted, all by ourselves. But the price we paid for this illusory freedom was a dependence beyond our worst nightmares. Rather than freeing us, using enslaved us.

When we came to Narcotics Anonymous, we learned that dependence on God didn't have to mean what we may have thought it meant. Yes, if we wanted to be restored to sanity, we would need to tap "a Power greater than ourselves." However, we could choose our own concept of this Higher Power--we could even make one up. Dependence on a Higher Power would not limit us, we discovered; it would free us.

The Power we find in recovery is the power we lacked on our own. It is the love we were afraid to depend on others for. It is the sense of personal direction we never had, the guidance we couldn't humble ourselves to ask for or trust others to give. It is all these things, and it is our own. Today, we are grateful to have a Higher Power to depend on.

Just for Today: I will depend on the love and inner strength I draw from the God of my own understanding.

Clickable Links to Resources

God, grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change…
Courage to change the things I can,
And Wisdom to know the difference.

 

Meetings for the Northeastern Indiana

Area Of Narcotics Anonymous

(naindiana.org)

 

 

 Links:

Huntington County Resources (PDF’s)

Page 1 & Page 2

AA.org Daily Reflections

 

 Just for today

 

Read the Big Blue Book Online

 

Al-Anon Resources (Free)

 

12 Traditions in Alcoholics Anonymous

 

12 Promises

 

 NA Meeting – What to expect

 

 AA District 75 Meetings – Northeast Indiana

 

 Visit Recovery-IT WORKS! Facebook group (local)

Brianna’s Hope Facebook Group (local)

Learn more

What is An Addiction, Affliction or Compulsive Behavior

 

An Addiction is an unhealthy use of a substance with an inability to stop, such as alcohol, drugs, food, smoking.

An Affliction is something we didn’t cause but it causes us suffering, such as abuse, abandonment, codependency, divorce, relationship issues, anger, depression, fear, pride, unforgiveness.

A Compulsive Behavior is the continued return to a harmful behavior with an inability to stop, such as gambling, cutting, workaholism, control, relationship addiction, sex addiction, shopping.

Choose Recovery Small Groups

Recovery from Anger: Recovery groups for men and women who find that anger is their first response to problems of any size. The anger may be very evident as rage, or less obvious in terms of withdrawal and isolation. These groups focus on managing a God-given emotion in constructive ways.

Chemical Dependency: If you find that you cannot quit drinking or using entirely, even when you honestly want to, or if you have little control over the amount you consume, you are probably an alcoholic and/or an addict.  If that is the case, you may be suffering from a problem that only a spiritual solution will conquer.

Codependency: This group is for those struggling with the compulsion to rescue and take care of others, have difficulty setting boundaries, or recognizing their own worth. Members in this group learn to express their own needs and wants in healthy ways.

Physical, emotional and sexual abuse: This group is for those who have endured past physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse.  Recovery includes healing from the traumas done to us at some time in our past as well as healing from the influence these past experiences continue to have on our lives.

Sexual addiction: This small group offers Christ-centered support group for men seeking recovery from lust and compulsive sexual behaviors.  The cornerstone for our recovery is the power and love of Christ.  It is built on the fellowship of the group, having a safe place to share our struggles, pain and victories, with accountability and support.

Love and relationship addiction: Love Addiction consists of three components: Romance, Relationship and Sexual Addiction.  This group provides a safe place to deal with depression, isolation, lack of trust, and the unhealthy use of love & relationships as means of achieving worth.