Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is an American Christian twelve-step program designed to facilitate recovery from a wide variety of troubling behavior patterns.

A sign advertising a Celebrate Recovery meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

Scope

We are all broken. We have all sinned. We have all missed the mark. We are all struggling with a hurt, habit or hang-up.

— program founder John Baker, qtd. in Lobdell 1999

Celebrate Recovery is a recovery program aimed at all "hurts, habits, and hang-ups", including but not exclusive to: high anxiety; co-dependency; compulsive behaviors; sex addiction; financial dysfunction; drug and alcohol addictions; and eating disorders.[1] Celebrate Recovery is one of the seven largest addiction recovery support group programs.[2] Promotional materials assert that over 5 million people have participated in a Celebrate Recovery step study[3][4][5] in over 35,000 churches[3][4][6][7] Approximately two-thirds of these participants are in recovery for something other than drugs or alcohol.[8][1] Leaders seek to normalize substance abuse as similar to other personal problems common to all people.[1]

Methods

Celebrate Recovery uses both the 12 steps developed by Alcoholics Anonymous and a very similar set of eight sequential principles that are understood as a lesson of Jesus' Beatitudes.[9][10][11][12] In addition to issue non-specific large group gatherings and individual mentoring, Celebrate Recovery encourages participants to form a small group of "Accountability Partners" who all have the same problem and support one another closely.[9] Celebrate Recovery groups are held under the management of local church organizations.[9] A study of Celebrate Recovery participants found that levels of spirituality were associated with greater confidence to resist substance use.[13] Celebrate Recovery has not been significantly studied, so there is no empirical evidence regarding the impacts or efficacy of the Celebrate Recovery program.[14]

History
Driveway to Saddleback Church, Rancho Capistrano

John Baker was an alcoholic and staff member of Saddleback Church who began healing through Alcoholics Anonymous. He wanted a specifically Christian addiction recovery group, so with the support of Rick Warren, Celebrate Recovery began as a ministry of Saddleback Church under Baker's leadership[15][16] in 1991.[17][18] John Baker continues to be the primary author of The Celebrate Recovery curriculum and materials.[16]

Program fidelity constraints

The name Celebrate Recovery is a registered trademark of John Baker,[19] and the national Celebrate Recovery organization requires that groups using this name hold closely to a standardized format.[9][10] They may not use resources outside of the Bible and authorized Celebrate Recovery curriculum materials.[20] Group facilitators must be trained and agree to a list of expectations,[9] including standardized guidelines[21][22] at each meeting.[20]

See also

Notes
  1. Lobdell 1999.
  2. Kelly & White 2012, p. 2.
  3. https://www.celebraterecovery.com/about/history-of-cr
  4. "What is Celebrate Recovery?". Celebrate Recovery Jacksonville. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. Cf. https://store.pastors.com/products/celebrate-recovery-updated-curriculum-kit Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. Note that this source doesn't specify participation beyond "discovered".
  6. http://www.celebraterecovery.com/
  7. "Celebrate Recovery Updated Curriculum Kit". Zondervan. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. "Celebrate Recovery". San Diego, CA: Newbreak Church. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. Kelly & White 2012, p. 9.
  10. Headley, Olges & Sickinger 2010.
  11. Brown et al. 2006.
  12. Baker 2005.
  13. Brown et al. 2011.
  14. Kelly & White 2012, p. 10.
  15. Destiny Christian Church (27 October 2012). "Frequently asked Questions about Celebrate Recovery" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  16. "About John Baker". CelebrateRecovery.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07.
  17. "Celebrate Recovery". Concord, CA: Christ Community Church of the Nazarene. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  18. "Celebrate Recovery Celebrates 25th Birthday". ChristianDrugRehab.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  19. U.S. trademark record for "Celebrate Recovery"
  20. "The Trademark Statement — DNA of CR". CelebrateRecovery.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  21. "5 Guidelines for Celebrate Recovery Small Groups". Celebrate Recovery: New Orleans. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  22. "Celebrate Recovery: Five Small Group Guidelines". Washington, DC: National Community Church. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

References
  • Baker, John. Stepping out of Denial into God's Grace: Participant's Guide, 1. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998. Print.
  • Baker, John, and Richard Warren. Taking an Honest and Spiritual Inventory: Participant's Guide 2: A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 1998. Print.
  • Baker, John, and Richard Warren. Celebrate Recovery: Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others: Participant Guide, 3. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 1998. Print.
  • Baker, John, and Richard Warren. Celebrate Recovery: Growing in Christ While Helping Others: Participant Guide 4. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 1998. Print.
  • Baker, John (2005). Celebrate Recovery Leader's Guide: A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Baker, John. Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery: How God Can Heal Your Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012. Print.
  • Brown, Anthony E.; Tonigan, J. Scott; Pavlik, Valory N.; Kosten, Thomas R.; Volk, Robert J. (19 January 2011). "Spirituality and Confidence to Resist Substance Use Among Celebrate Recovery Participants". Journal of Religion and Health. Springer Nature. 52 (1): 107–113. doi:10.1007/s10943-011-9456-x. ISSN 0022-4197. PMID 21246280. S2CID 23310335.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Brown, Anthony E.; Whitney, Simon N.; Schneider, Max A.; Vega, Charles P. (June 2006). "Alcohol Recovery and Spirituality: Strangers, Friends, or Partners?". Southern Medical Journal. 99 (6): 654–657. doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000198271.72795.ab. PMID 16800434. S2CID 7145495.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Headley, K.; Olges, D.; Sickinger, P. (6 November 2010), Twelve-step referrals: A group counselor's guide to utilizing Alcoholics Anonymous and celebrate recovery (PDF), Regent University, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017, retrieved 20 August 2017CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kelly, John F.; White, William L. (2012). "Broadening the base of addiction mutual-help organizations" (PDF). Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery. 7 (2–4): 82–101. doi:10.1080/1556035X.2012.705646. S2CID 144983076. Retrieved 18 August 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lobdell, William (24 April 1999). "12 Steps, Christian Style; Lake Forest Ministry Has Helped Thousands, in a Concept That's Spread". Los Angeles Times. p. B3. Retrieved 20 August 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Spriggs, J. David, and Eric Sloter. "Counselor-Clergy Collaboration in a Church-based Counseling Ministry." Journal of Psychology & Christianity 22.4 (2003).
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