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05-25-2014, 01:03 PM | #1 | ||
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05-25-2014, 01:06 PM | #2 |
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This Step was the beginning of a new life and a new awareness for me. I often think they put the '-' into this Step because there isn't enough space to list all the things that I am powerless over, and all the things that I used to search for that something outside of myself to make me happy, content, and regain 'control' of my life.
I had no concept of the word 'powerless' until I substituted it for the word control. When I looked back on my life I realized that it was all an illusion. No matter how much I tried to control my drinking, there was always more. I could stop, but I couldn't stay stopped. When I picked up, I wasn't sure how much picking I would end up doing or where it would take me or what would happen. Every time I picked up, I gave away a piece of me. My self-will, my self-esteem, my self-respect, etc. I lost my values, my principles and my determination, everything went out the window, my life was always centered around the alcohol or the alcoholic. The person (son, father, mother, husbands, boyfriends, neighbors, sponsees, friends and family members), place (my bed, the bar, the Legion, the kitchen, the stores, the work place, the church, the gym, etc.), and things (drugs (prescription and street), alcohol (a drug too), computer, cards, food, and more.... took over my life and my thinking, and governed my thoughts. I become obsessive compulsive, and when I have a taste be it thought, physical and emotionally, I always want more, unless I surrender the situation over to the God of my understanding. When I came in, I didn't have much concept of letting go, let alone a belief in God which was to follow as a result of working the Steps. The first five Steps of change for me are: Awareness of my problem (challenge) Admittance of that problem Acceptance of the problem Action to change the problem Attitude adjustment that I am "powerless" and my life is unmanageable or I need to change my attitude so I can take action to bring about change. My sponsor told me that the word problem is negative and that if I use the word challenge, it could be overcome. The substance isn't the problem, I am. It is about changing me and my attitude to bring about change. P. 569 (Third Edition) Big Book of Alcoholic Anonymous There is a difference that some people don't recognize. l) That once the alcoholic has picked up, he is no longer in control and is acting out in his disease. 2) That even though he is not actively using, he is still under the influence and has the thinking patterns unless he has experienced the spiritual changes in his life. 3) That alcohol is a killer and no respecter of persons and it is a disease that affects the whole family.
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05-25-2014, 01:08 PM | #3 |
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I came to Recovery.
I came to realize that I had a disease (dis-ease) I came to believe that there was a God and only through a spiritual change, could I recover. I can't, God can, Just for today, I choose to let Him.
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