Lesson 1 – Principle & Step:
Principle 1: 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. Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor. Matthew 5:3
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors—that our lives had become unmanageable. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18
Lesson 1 – Highlights:
- Disables our feelings: When we repress our feelings we freeze our emotions.
- Energy loss: A side effect of denial is anxiety.
- Negates growth: We are only as sick as our secrets.
- Isolates us from God: Our denial keeps us in the dark.
- Alienates us from our relationships: We think no one knows we are hurting, but they do.
- Lengthens our pain: We think denial protects us, instead our pain festers and turns into guilt and shame.
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