EIGHT RECOVERY PRINCIPLES (the Beautitudes)

• Realize I’m not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. (Step 1)
  “Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.”
  
  
• Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover. (Step 2)
  “Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
  
  
• Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. (Step 3)
  “Happy are the meek.”
  
  
• Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps  4 and 5)
  “Happy are the pure in heart.”

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