We admitted we were powerless over---,that our lives had become unmanageable.
"Enough"!If you can say that and mean it, you can take Step One. Is there something out of control in your life?
Erratic emotions? Dependence on alcohol or other chemicals? Overeating? Whatever the problem, is it hurting you? Have you tried to handle it on your own? Are you tired of hurting?If you can answer YES to these questions , you are admiting that some aea of your life is unmanageable and you are powerless to control it.
For most of us, step one means TO STOP KIDDING YOURSELF. Stop making excuses, pretending, blaming, rationalizing. The problem is real and the problem is mine--not my mate's, not my bosss's, not the hard cruel world's. Other people may very well have problems related to mine, but they'll have to take their own First Step. We're talking about ourselves here. How we behave right now, today. How other people treat us is not the issue. Why we do as we do is not the point either. As far as the First Step goes, why is a fool's question. Not only can why lead you down a garden path of rationalizing, but it doesn't matter. We are who we are. We do the things we do.What is hurting my life, and whose problem is it? That is all. What? Now it is time to name your DEVIL .Only you know what it is that is riding your back. What is it that clouds your vision and throws boulder in your path? Lay it on the table and look at it. To call out the truth of your own limitions is to resign as your own jailer. If you want out of your cell, look your problem in the face, call out its name, and the choice becomes yours. Because from here on in the recovery process, the only truth you can't deal with is the truth you can't face. Who? Who's tried at one point or another , to get on top of the problem, to throw a scarf on it and say it's pretty, to whittle it down to size, or to slap a band-aid on it. Who? It's your life my friend. Claim your own truth so you can do something about it. Until it hurts more to hide the truth than it does to face up to it we aren't ready to get better. And until we admit that we are both powerless and that certain areas of our lives are unmanageable we aren't ready for the freedom trail that recovery is. HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH