The Fix

How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone in Between

By: Ian Morgan Cron

Narrated by: Ian Morgan Cron

Read by the author.

Did you know that anyone—addicts or non-addicts—can benefit from working the Twelve Steps and find the freedom, joy, and intimacy with God that their hearts long for?

We all suffer from a sense of spiritual homelessness—a feeling that we're not fully at home in the world. To cope with our painful feelings and life traumas, we search for quick "fixes" that eventually become habitual, self-destructive behaviors that ultimately create more problems than they solve.

As a person in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, Ian Cron is no stranger to these destructive habits. It wasn't until he embraced the Twelve Steps that he found true freedom. He knows from personal experience that Twelve Step recovery is more than just a life-saving strategy for guiding substance users into sobriety. Everybody is addicted to something to numb the discomfort of living in a messed-up world, he says, but the good news is that if you committedly "work the steps," you will eventually have a vital spiritual awakening that will give you an entirely new and radically beautiful orientation toward the life God has for you.

If you long for sustainable healing and joy amid life's messiness, The Fix invites you to:

• Journey step-by-step through a spiritual curriculum that has helped millions overcome trauma, pain, and brokenness for over eight decades
• Understand how the Twelve Steps can be a transformative tool not only for people with chemical or behavioral addictions but for anyone who wants to move beyond self-help to a spiritual awakening
• Catch yourself in the act of self-sabotaging behaviors and understand how each day is a new opportunity to trade in self-willed reformation for grace-powered transformation

"My original subtitle for this book—Twelve Steps to Unscrewing Your Screwed-Up Life—was a little over the top," Ian comments. "But anyone who has ever fallen for a quick fix (like drugs, alcohol, porn, overeating, work, religion, people-pleasing, and more) knows firsthand how our self-prescribed treatment plans derail us. They might not be as visible as empty bottles stashed inside a desk drawer, but they are just as life-complicating and soul-crushing."

With his characteristic wit and transparent self-disclosure, Ian guides us in learning how to work each of the Twelve Steps so we will finally be given a "new pair of glasses" through which we will be able to see ourselves, others, and the world in a startlingly new way—and ultimately take hold of the freedom God has been waiting to give us all along.

©2024 Ian Morgan Cron (P)2024 Zondervan

Jesus is truly the only way to freedom

Great work help you lay out your steps to freedom from addictions very insightful on parts about ego

Great teaching of the 12 Steps

Ian does a masterful job of laying out the 12 step program and his two-time journey. Amazing humility, transparency, and thoughtful reflection through his own story.

Never knew I needed this!

Loved what Ian said at the end…this book isn’t just for addicts, but for all human beings! Definitely will listen to this yearly to keep me in constant check!

Just okay

I liked the concepts presented in the book and found the humor helpful, but I don’t think it was as valuable as I’d hoped for. It felt double-minded in places. I think sticking to the twelve step approved literature has proved more valuable to me. I thought this was going to be more Bible led than personal pov.

So good

There were so many take away.
Golden nuggets.
Very enlightening and very interesting.
Live how he says addiction is not limited to drugs and alcohol.

Rocked My World In a Good Way!

I & others would consider me a very well-adjusted person. I Never knew What the 12 Steps were. I desperately needed to work the steps and make Deeper Peace with God, Myself, & Others, & then Live a Lifestyle Continuing to do it & Helping Others do it! This book is Helping me do it & fins Deep Peace! Thank you I

Authentic Spirituality

Loved hearing Ian’s story and the Twelve steps put in to practice. So very helpful

the path of recovery through the 12 steps

a great explanation of the 12 steps and the path to healing and growth. Ian Morgan Cron's book is a must read for anyone regardless of your addiction.

More solid advice from ian Kron

Ian provides solid insights and his own expertise to help us all relate and learn from the twelve steps program.