Mark Houston Recovery

Free 12 Step Resources and Tools

Trying to battle addiction alone can be overwhelming process. Though we all think we know what it takes to battle addiction, this simply isn’t the case if you’re still using. Millions of people have battled addiction before you and it makes sense NOT to try and reinvent the wheel, but to follow the steps that others have found successful for years.

The 12 Step Program is the most widely used addiction recovery program in the world – and that is because it works. However, for the 12 Step Program to truly work, WE must work through every single step in detail.

We’ve compiled a list of free 12 Step tools and resources that you can use to help you work through the 12 Steps program. Whether you’re in recovery now or are just starting down the road to recovery, these free addiction recovery resources can help you tremendously.

12 Step Online Recovery Journal

http://www.12step.org/RecoveryJournal.html

The 12 Step online Recovery Journal from 12Step.org is an electronic journal that allows you to:

• Review the 12 Steps
• Browse your journals by date or by topic
• Add, delete or modify topics so that they match your life more closely
• Create and save journal searches

12 Step Questions Worksheets

http://www.12step.org/Worksheets.html
A large part of working through the 12 Steps is asking yourself questions and giving honest responses. 12Step.org offers 4 free questions worksheets that include

• All 12 Step Questions
• Step 4 Questions for Childhood
• Step 4 Questions for Adolescence
• Step 4 Questions for Adulthood

Cyber Recovery Online Support Group

http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/

Sometimes, it seems like no one can understand what you’re going through aside from another recovering addict. That is precisely the reason that support group are so critical to the recovery process.

Weekly support groups are wonderful, but if you find that you need help at 2am on a Wednesday night and no one in your support group is answering their phone. Even when the urgency isn’t this extreme, online support groups like Cyber Recovery Online can be an essential part of your recovery process.

Addiction Recovery Jokes and Humor

When we can learn to laugh at our own addiction, we know we are making progress! Recovery Jones Cartoons offers loads of comical 12 Step cartoons and addiction humor cartoons.

John Stiemke at Recovery Lane has published huge list of addiction jokes and stories that can lighten your mood in even the toughest of times.

12 Spiritual Laws of Addiction Recovery eBook

We’ve published our 12 Spiritual Laws of Addiction Recovery as an eBook and are now offering as a free download. The book discusses 12 Spiritual Laws that we introduce to residents during our 3 month addiction rehab program.

These 12 Spiritual Laws are:

• Law of Consent
• Law of Caring
• Law of Cause and Effect
• Law of Use
• Law of Responsibility
• Law of Substitution
• Law of Relaxation
• Law of Subconscious Activity
• Law of Practice
• Law of Forgiveness
• Law of Growth
• Law of Intent

Visit our main page to download your free copy now!

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