12 Step Programs (Abstinence Yes / Deliverance No)

<p><strong>Sobriety is not the same as deliverance.</strong></p><p>For decades the 12-Step Program has offered hope to the addicted-teaching them to admit powerlessness surrender to a higher power and walk the path of lifelong recovery. But for all its structure and success stories the program stops short of the one thing that truly sets people free: <strong>the power of Jesus Christ.</strong></p><p>In <em>The AA Step Eleven Abstinence: Yes Deliverance: No</em> author and minister <strong>Larry D. Washington</strong> speaks from experience. Delivered from addiction in 2003 after three years in the 12-step system he discovered firsthand that abstinence without Jesus is spiritual survival-not freedom. This book is his call to expose the religious spirit in recovery culture confront the deception of neutrality and point the broken to the <strong>only true Deliverer.</strong></p><p>With bold clarity Larry unpacks:</p><ul><li>Why Step Eleven's God as we understood Him is a dangerous counterfeit</li><li>How unclean spirits operate behind addiction relapse and spiritual torment</li><li>Why recovery groups and Christian counseling cannot replace biblical deliverance</li><li>The difference between temporary abstinence and total transformation</li><li>The biblical model Jesus gave for casting out demons and sealing freedom with the Holy Spirit</li><li>Real-life testimonies of people who broke free-not just from substances but from the spirit of bondage itself</li></ul><p>This book is not an attack on recovery-it's an alarm to the Church. It's a challenge to believers who've settled for maintenance instead of mastery who've been taught to cope instead of conquer.</p><p><strong>If you've ever said There has to be more than this this book is your answer.</strong></p><p>It's time to stop managing the demon and start casting it out.<br>It's time to stop identifying as an addict and start walking as a new creation.<br>It's time to break the cycle for good.</p><p><strong>From abstinence to deliverance-from the meeting to the Messiah-freedom is waiting.</strong></p>