The program began in Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and is now used in churches around the world. Question: "Is Celebrate Recovery a biblically sound program?"

While there are many godly and well-meaning people involved at the local Celebrate Recovery, the message has been twisted. Celebrate Recovery is a very complex methodology that attempts to bring biblical adjustments to the 12-Steps program originated by A.A. and utilized in numerous other “addiction” recovery programs. They’ll say, “I don’t know anybody that doesn’t need recovery” where I often chimed in, “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need Jesus.”

Answer: Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a national, Christ-centered self-help program hosted by local churches to help people struggling with addiction or other life-controlling issues. The emphasis is on healing "hurts, hang-ups and habits," said John Baker, a pastor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., who founded the program in 1990. Celebrate Recovery’s 12-steps, are AA’s 12-steps, but with a “biblical comparison” to each one. Celebrate Recovery’s 12 Steps. As above, I will be going through steps 1-3, and 12, and directly quoted from CR website: 1 ) We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. The complexity, however, applies to the setting up and implementation of the program as well as to the strict rules that govern its execution. Although there are many problems …