Who's on First? What's on Second, and God is on Third, Step One

Step one is the only step that has to be practiced with absolute perfection. Step one is the only step that identifies the problem, the addiction to Alcohol or whatever your particular flavor of addiction you’re dealing with.

It should be noted that step one is the only step that deals with the problem. The other 11 steps deal with the solution. I suggest to my sponcees that when they share in a meeting, to keep those percentages in mind,1/12th  is the problem 11/12th  is the solution , we live in the solution, not in the problem.

Step one has to be taken on an emotional level. In my experience there is a tendency of most sponcees to intellectualize the process of surrendering to a more powerful foe;  it is both painful and fearful to admit defeat.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. Pascal

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