Post by lildee on Jan 4, 2005 8:02:14 GMT -5
Hope for Today
Step One: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable."
What I do not admit in Step One is as important as what I do admit. I do not admit that I am a failure. I may feel like a failure, but I've learned in this program that feelings aren't facts. If I stop to reflect, I realize that I'm not diminished when I admit my powerlessness over alcohol. In fact, in some important way, I join the rest of the human race because we are all powerless over something at one time or another.
When I admit my life is unmanageable, I don't admit that I am a bad person. In my attempts to maintain the delusion of exercising power where I am powerless, my life has become disorderly. Although I may have temporarily lost control of my life, I have not committed a crime. I need only apply Step One to begin to regain my serenity.
Thought for the Day
Step One encourages me to build my life in a balanced perspective.
"With the understanding that alcoholism is a disease, and with the realization that we are powerless over it, as well as over other people, we are ready to do something useful and constructive with our own lives:' Alcoholism, the Family Disease, p. 3
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Step One: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable."
What I do not admit in Step One is as important as what I do admit. I do not admit that I am a failure. I may feel like a failure, but I've learned in this program that feelings aren't facts. If I stop to reflect, I realize that I'm not diminished when I admit my powerlessness over alcohol. In fact, in some important way, I join the rest of the human race because we are all powerless over something at one time or another.
When I admit my life is unmanageable, I don't admit that I am a bad person. In my attempts to maintain the delusion of exercising power where I am powerless, my life has become disorderly. Although I may have temporarily lost control of my life, I have not committed a crime. I need only apply Step One to begin to regain my serenity.
Thought for the Day
Step One encourages me to build my life in a balanced perspective.
"With the understanding that alcoholism is a disease, and with the realization that we are powerless over it, as well as over other people, we are ready to do something useful and constructive with our own lives:' Alcoholism, the Family Disease, p. 3
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.