Principle 4: Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. “Happy are the pure in heart.” (Matthew 5:8) Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return...
You may have at least a vague idea of what a sponsor is, but maybe you’re wondering why you even need one. Principle 4: Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. “Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8 Step 4: We made a...
Even after taking the first two steps we can still be stuck in the cycle of failure: Guilt > Anger > Fear > Depression. How do we get “unstuck”? How do we get past the barriers of pride, fear, guilt, worry and doubt that keep us from taking this step? The...
Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. Happy are the meek. Matthew 5:5 Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to...
Principle 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. “Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) Step 2: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us...
