Jan 4, 2024
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...
Dec 26, 2023
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...
Dec 11, 2023
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...
Nov 26, 2023
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...
Nov 13, 2023
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...