• Acceptance – of you as you are now, as you were, as you will be.
  • Understanding– of the problems you face now and share, almost certainly, with others in the group.
  • Communication – since we find that we identify with each other, communication becomes the natural result of our mutual understanding and acceptance.
  • Relief – having found acceptance, understanding, and communication with others, we have found relief from our illness and help toward a new self-acceptance and self-understanding.
  • Power – by the acceptance and understanding of oneself, by the practice of the CEA-HOW recovery program, by the belief in a power greater than oneself, by the support and companionship of the group, a door is opened to a new way of life.