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2 3 What s Inside Course Workbook At Freedom we are all about coming together to explore word and the activation of the Holy Spirit in our lives to lead the opportunity of finding hope and healing from our hurts us towards His will in and over our lives habits and hangups We understand and recognize these spaces to be areas We seek the opportunity to be healed by the power of of trauma displayed in our lives whether self inflicted or Christ and be restored and renewed with sound mind and by others spirit While it is not required to be a Christian in this group as Christians we understand that we are born into a world of We desire to engage as Christ did leading in humility sin and a natural manifestation of sin is trauma forgiveness mercy and grace being shown to one another Therefore we all struggle with trauma in our lives ultimately in an action of LOVE It is for this reason that we seek to strip away the labels As a whole we apply biblical truths coupled with insights society may have given to us and instead unite under the from psychology to create a blended curriculum that greatest label we could be given We are all children of provides a roadmap of logical action steps to support God healing 01 About Course A snyopsis of the 12 Steps to Freedom curriculum and 02 Mentors Brief introduction to our 12 Steps to Freedom course 03 Step Review Opportunity to share our greatest takeaways truths 04 Hope Healing Checklist A checklist to follow the progress of spaces we desire 05 4 Pillars of Active Recovery Brief Overview of the 4 Pillars of Active Recovery which 06 Daily Plan Setting a daily plan to keeps us on task and track with 07 3 Stages of Recovery Brief overview of the 3 spaces every individual moves 08 Goals Future planning goals for individual to help set 09 Step Specific Study Step specific review including bible references Join In this group we are a confidential safe space which Welcome to the family Welcome to FREEDOM in CHRIST us as fundamentals we of explore recovery what can be expected as you dive into the course creators leaders and mentors and spaces we desire to dig deeper in our steps to find Hope Healing during our journey of recovery include Prayer Reflection Mentorship and Journaling our schedule and active recovery through these stages at a different pace accountability metrics for progressing forward and questions and space for note taking of each step unlock promised by the God Are you ready to break the chains of your TRAUMA and means that what is shared here stays here We use God s find FREEDOM joinfreedomministries www joinfreedomministries com Lets Start The Course By Freedom Ministries www joinfreedomministries com

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3 What s Inside A snyopsis of the 12 Steps to Freedom curriculum and 01 About Course 02 Mentors 03 Step Review 04 Hope Healing Checklist 05 4 Pillars of Active Recovery 06 Daily Plan 07 3 Stages of Recovery 08 Goals 09 Step Specific Study Join us as fundamentals we of explore recovery what can be expected as you dive into the course Brief introduction to our 12 Steps to Freedom course creators leaders and mentors Opportunity to share our greatest takeaways truths and spaces we desire to dig deeper in our steps A checklist to follow the progress of spaces we desire to find Hope Healing during our journey of recovery Brief Overview of the 4 Pillars of Active Recovery which include Prayer Reflection Mentorship and Journaling Setting a daily plan helps to keep us on task and track with our schedule and active recovery Brief overview of the 3 spaces every individual moves through these stages at a different pace Future planning goals for individual to help set accountability metrics for progressing forward and Step specific review including bible references questions and space for note taking of each step unlock promised by the God Are you ready to break the chains of your TRAUMA and find FREEDOM Lets Start The Course www joinfreedomministries com

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8 9 08 Seeking Forgiveness 12 Awakening 09 Restitution Reconciliation 10 Daily Accountability 12 Steps to Freedom Curriculum Review Having completed the 12 steps to Freedom Curriculum what are 3 key revevlations you have learned about yourself that you can take forward in your life as transcendent truths Revelation 1 What areas of your life do you find yourself more grateful for after having completed this course Revelation 2 11 Personal Revelation Revelation 3 By Freedom Ministries www joinfreedomministries com

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10 11 I Desire to find Healing Hope from the following 4 Pillars of Active Recovery Before beginning the 12 Steps to Freedom curriculum we encourage you to use the spaces below to reflect and fill out the spaces with questions or areas your desire to find hope and healing from Check the boxes as you find break through Remember to be honest with yourself as your recovery is only as strong as your transparency Prayer also play a big role in lowering stress Reflection in recovery helps you stay aware of hormones and creating a greater sense of calm your thoughts and emotions which is crucial and relaxation That s because it slows breathing for preventing relapse Self destructive patterns and brain activity and reduces heart rate and blood of thinking negative self talk and unpleasant pressure Prayer can make you more positive emotions can quickly lead you back to drinking too Individuals with major depressive disorder or using drugs if you don t confront them who practice religion daily have been found to be more optimistic than their non religious peers according to a study in Depression and Anxiety Prayer Reflection A recovery mentor helps you plan your recovery Writing down your thoughts and emotions set goals and guides you towards resources that can create a sense of freedom and release will improve your life The recovery process isn t Recovery journaling is an important process easy but a mentor can be there with you along that can promote healing This process allows you the freedom to express your joys sorrows and frustrations There is no pressure and no judgment of what you write about Mentorship By Freedom Ministries Journaling www joinfreedomministries com

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14 15 3 Stages of Recovery Goals 3 Stages of recovery are not a simple linear process as it may appear Every individual moves through these stages at a different pace It can be complex and emotionally difficult You might revisit the first stage at any point in the process if you need to re establish safety as you work through the trauma in Stage 2 You may have moved to the third stage which is Reconnection Goals 01 What is a general goal that you desire to reach as you work through the 12 Steps to Freedom and fi nd that you more to process you to go back to the Rememberance and Mourning Stage The first task of recovery is to establish safety This task takes precedence over all others for no other 01 Establishment of Safety therapeutic work can possibly succeed if safety has not been adequately secured Establishing safety begins by focusing on control of the body and gradually moves outward toward control of the environment Goals 02 What is a personal goal that you desire to reach as you work through the 12 Steps to Freedom Trauma resolves only when we develop a new mental schema for understanding what has happened Patience 02 Rememberance Mourning is important during this stage It is naming the trauma that may give you a sense of power which was taken away from you You can take that power back now The goal of this stage of recovery is to begin to heal from your trauma Old beliefs that gave meaning to your life have now been challenged Now is a time for new understanding In this stage you will likely become more focused on the present 03 Goals 03 What is a external goal that you desire to reach as you work through the 12 Steps to Freedom the future not feel so controlled by the past Letting go Reconnection forgiving yourself even if you had no control over the event is possible at this time Your focus is now on issues of identity intimacy Under stress your trauma symptoms may recur However with the strategies you have learned to take care of yourself stay within your Window of Tolerance will help you tremendously during these times By Freedom Ministries www joinfreedomministries com

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16 17 Step 1 Step 2 Trust in God Hope Step 2 AA Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity Step 1 12SF God HOPE Come to believe that the power of God can restore you to complete spiritual health Biblical References Romans 12 2 Ephesians 2 8 Colossians 3 16 Jeremiah 29 11 Ephesians 2 8 Reflection Questions From whom are you seeking hope from What is it you desire to change Who are you dealing hope to Where are you receiving hope from 01 Hope By Freedom Ministries Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our live over to the care of God as we understood Him Step 2 12SF God Trust in God Decide to turn your will and your life over to the care of God the Eternal Father and His Son Jesus Christ Biblical References Jeremiah 17 7 8 Proverbs 3 5 6 Psalm 37 4 5 Psalm 33 20 22 Isaiah 12 2 Proverbs 29 25 Psalm 9 10 Matthew 7 24 27 Reflection Questions From whom are you seeking hope from What is it you desire to change Who are you dealing hope to Where are you receiving hope from 02 Trust in God www joinfreedomministries com

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18 19 Step 3 Step 4 Honesty Truth Step 1 We admitted we were powerless over our trauma addiction that our lives had become unmanageable Step 3 12SF God HONESTY Admit that you of yourself are powerless to overcome your trauma and that your life has become unmanageable Step 4 AAMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves Biblical References Proverbs 6 16 20 Proverbs 11 3 4 Ephesians 2 8 Daniel 2 44 1 Corinthians 10 31 Proverbs 29 25 Psalm 9 10 Matthew 7 24 27 Reflection Questions Where are you not being honest with yourself Your loved ones God What is one space you can choose to stand up against the lies you tell yourself Or others tell you 03 Honesty By Freedom Ministries Step 4 12SF God Truth Make a searching and fearless written moral inventory of yourself Biblical References 1 John 1 John 8 32 2 Corinthians 4 17 18 Lamentations 3 40 2 Corinthians 7 1 2 Timothy 2 19 2 Peter 3 9 1 Corinthians 13 4 6 2 Timothy 3 16 17 Reflection Questions Where are you making room for God s word in your life How do you live it out Are you prepared to take an honest inventory of your life in order that you might be set free 04 Truth www joinfreedomministries com

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11 4 Pillars of Active Recovery Prayer also plays a big role in lowering stress Reflection in recovery helps you stay aware of hormones creating a greater sense of calm your thoughts and emotions which is crucial relaxation That s because it slows breathing for preventing relapse Self destructive patterns brain activity along with reducing heart rate of thinking negative self talk and unpleasant blood pressure Prayer can make you more emotions can quickly lead you back to drinking positive too Individuals with major depressive or using drugs if you don t confront them disorder who practice religion daily have been found to be more optimistic than their non religious peers according to a study in Depression and Anxiety Prayer Reflection A recovery mentor helps you plan your recovery Writing down your thoughts and emotions set goals and guides you towards resources that can create a sense of freedom and release will improve your life The recovery process isn t Recovery journaling is an important process easy but a mentor can be there with you along that can promote healing This process allows the way you the freedom to express your joys sorrows and frustrations There is no pressure and no judgment of what you write about Mentorship Journaling www joinfreedomministries com

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24 25 Step 9 Step 10 Restitution Reconciliation Daily Accountability Step 9 AA Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others Step 9 12SF God Restitution reconciliation Wherever possible make direct Biblical References Isaiah 1 18 Romans 6 23 John 3 17 Ephesians 2 4 5 Romans 3 21 Reflection Questions What is it that you need to reason with God about in your trauma What is it that is holding you back from surrendering to Him so that you can be made white as snow 09 Resitution Reconciliation By Freedom Ministries Step 10 AA Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it Step 10 12SF God Daily Accountability Continue to take personal inventory Biblical References Ephesians 5 15 17 Romans 12 2 3 Philippians 2 12 13 2 John 1 8 Proverbs 27 17 Romans 3 21 26 Reflection Questions What accountability measures have you currently put in your life What do you struggle with most when thinking about keeping accountability with yourself 10 Daily Accountability www joinfreedomministries com

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26 27 Step 11 Step 12 Awakening Personal Revelation Step 11 AA Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for knowledge of God s will for us and the power to carry that out Step 11 12SF God Personal Revelation Seek through prayer meditation to know the Lord s will to have the power to carry it out Biblical References Romans 12 2 Psalm 77 3 Psalm 104 34 Isaiah 26 8 Psalm 37 7 Reflection Questions Where are you seeking to know and do God s will Are you actively engaging in this space What s keeping you from fully surrendering 11 Personal Revelation By Freedom Ministries Step 12 AA Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps we tried to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs Step 12 12SF God Awakening Having had a spiritual awakening as a result Biblical References Matthew 28 19 Galatians 6 1 Galatians 6 2 Philippians 2 4 Matthew 6 25 Reflection Questions How has the 12 Steps to Freedom Series had an impact on your life In what ways can you continue to awaken and honor God s will for you and your life 12 Awakening www joinfreedomministries com

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23 Step 8 Seeking Forgivness Step 8 AA We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all Step 8 12SF God Seeking Forgiveness We made a written list of all persons we harmed and become willing to make restitution to them including ourselves Biblical References Isaiah 66 2 Proverbs 16 6 7 Luke 6 31 Psalm 130 4 John 20 23 Acts 2 38 Reflection Questions From whom are you seeking hope from What is it you desire to change Who are you dealing hope to Where are you receiving hope from 08 Seeking Forgiveness www joinfreedomministries com

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24 Step 9 Restitution Reconciliation Step 9 AA Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others Step 9 12SF God Restitution reconciliation Wherever possible make direct restitution to all persons you have harmed Biblical References Isaiah 1 18 Romans 6 23 John 3 17 Ephesians 2 4 5 Romans 3 21 Reflection Questions What is it that you need to reason with God about in your trauma What is it that is holding you back from surrendering to Him so that you can be made white as snow 09 Resitution Reconciliation By Freedom Ministries

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25 Step 10 Daily Accountability Step 10 AA Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it Step 10 12SF God Daily Accountability Continue to take personal inventory and when you are wrong promptly admit it Biblical References Ephesians 5 15 17 Romans 12 2 3 Philippians 2 12 13 2 John 1 8 Proverbs 27 17 Romans 3 21 26 Reflection Questions What accountability measures have you currently put in your life What do you struggle with most when thinking about keeping accountability with yourself 10 Daily Accountability www joinfreedomministries com

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26 Step 11 Personal Revelation Step 11 AA Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for knowledge of God s will for us and the power to carry that out Step 11 12SF God Personal Revelation Seek through prayer meditation to know the Lord s will to have the power to carry it out Biblical References Romans 12 2 Psalm 77 3 Psalm 104 34 Isaiah 26 8 Psalm 37 7 Reflection Questions Where are you seeking to know and do God s will Are you actively engaging in this space What s keeping you from fully surrendering 11 Personal Revelation By Freedom Ministries

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27 Step 12 Awakening Step 12 AA Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps we tried to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs Step 12 12SF God Awakening Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Atonement of Jesus Christ share this message with others and practice these principles in all you do Biblical References Matthew 28 19 Galatians 6 1 Galatians 6 2 Philippians 2 4 Matthew 6 25 Reflection Questions How has the 12 Steps to Freedom Series had an impact on your life In what ways can you continue to awaken and honor God s will for you and your life 12 Awakening www joinfreedomministries com

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