Powerless

[majestyjo]

Keep It Simple

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol...--First part of Step One.

In Step One, we accept our powerlessness over alcohol and other drugs. But we are powerless over many parts of life. We are powerless over other people. We are powerless over what our HP has planned for us. Before recovery, we only believed in control. We tried to control everything. We fought against a basic truth, the truth that we are powerless over much of life. When we accept this truth, we begin to see what power we do have. We have the power to make choices. When we're lonely, we have the power to reach out to others. We have power over how we live our own lives.

PRAYER: HP, help me to know that it's You who is running my life. Help me to know that power comes from accepting I am powerless.

ACTION: I am powerless over much of life. Today, I'll look to see how this is true. I'll look to see what I really have control over and what I don't.

Many people say that they are not powerless over themselves.  I have learned that in order to have some power, I needed to surrender my life into the care of my God.  It is only then, that I am empowered to live out my day.

Surrender isn't giving up, it is giving over to the God of my understanding.

[majestyjo]

We are powerless over people, places, and things.

Be open to your own personal and don't give it away or utilize it to stay clean and sober.