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

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

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Perfect for you if...

  • You're caught in a cycle of unhelpful coping mechanisms (workaholism, people-pleasing, overeating, scrolling) and want real spiritual change, not another self-help bandage.
  • You're in recovery or support someone who is, and you're curious whether the Steps can deepen your faith and healing beyond just staying sober.
  • You believe personal transformation requires something bigger than willpower alone, and you're open to a Christian framework for spiritual awakening.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You're sceptical of 12-Step programmes or find the God language triggering—this book centres Christian spirituality throughout, not as optional.
  • You want a purely secular self-help book without religious language or references to a Higher Power.
  • You're looking for clinical addiction treatment guidance rather than a spiritual memoir combined with theological reflection.

About this book

Ian Morgan Cron argues that the Twelve Steps offer benefits beyond addiction recovery, applicable to anyone seeking spiritual transformation and freedom. He describes a universal human condition of spiritual homelessness—a sense of not fully belonging in the world—that leads people to seek quick fixes and develop habitual, self-destructive behaviors. As someone in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, Cron shares that the Twelve Steps provided him genuine freedom. He contends that everyone relies on some form of addiction to cope with life's discomfort, whether substances, behaviors, or habits. Through committed engagement with the steps, he argues, people experience spiritual awakening and develop a transformed perspective on life. The book guides readers through the Twelve Steps as a spiritual curriculum, explaining how they address trauma, pain, and brokenness. Cron explores how the steps apply not only to chemical or behavioral addictions but to any self-sabotaging pattern—including drugs, alcohol, pornography, overeating, work, religion, and people-pleasing. He presents the steps as a path from self-directed reform to grace-based transformation, offering what he describes as a new way of seeing oneself, others, and the world.

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