We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step One
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The First Step begins with we, and theres a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we gain more than personal strength. We become members, part of a collective we that allows us, together, to recover from our addiction. With membership in NA comes a wealth of experience: the experience of other addicts who have found a way to recover from their disease.
No longer must we try to solve the puzzle of our addiction on our own. When we honestly admit our powerlessness over our addiction, we can begin the search for a better way to live. We wont be searching alonewere in good company.
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Just for today: I will start the day with an admission of my powerlessness over addiction. I will remind myself that the First Step starts with we, and know that I never have to be alone with my disease again.
For me this was a tough step, a two part Step. Admitting I was Powerless over using all drugs was easy when I crawled in, but it took a few years for accepting I couldn't Manage my Life by myself, in all areas, to really sink in. I'd verbalize the manageability struggle in meetings and indeed found strength and hope in the sharing of others. Indeed together WE can do together what we could never do alone.
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Work the Steps or Die MF. (My Friend :) Clean One Day At a Time by The Grace of God through The Power of NA
Like many in the rooms, this was the easiest step for me to take.
My life in was in ruins. There was no way I could delude myself into thinking I could control my using
and that I was successfully managing my life.
The problem is that I have a memory impairment.
I had to Re-learn this lesson a couple of times before it sunk in.
I was powerless over my addiction when I found the rooms .I had no manageability what so ever .I did not know how to live at that point , just exist .By admitting this powerlessness we are asking for help or trying to find it .I think of the First Step each morning because I remember that first meeting ever so well.
