Step 1 – Unmanageable – Ignorance Concluded

Unmanageable: difficult or impossible to control, use, or manipulate

Step 1:  We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction(s) and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Welcome back folks. 

Last time we talked about our ignorance concerning the “unmanageability” of our lives.  We said that while the obvious areas of our unmanageable lives were bad, it is the deeper area that’s the most dangerous to us.

Remember, Step 1 is the only Step that must be dealt with perfectly.  There is no room for error or short cuts here.  Many of us struggled long and hard with “admitting that we were powerless”, only to breeze through the rest of the Step.   Not realizing what a dangerous and costly mistake that would prove to be. 

Many a relapse can be attributed to our “ignorance “of our “unmanageable” lives.  That is why it is vital that we gain knowledge about our “impossible to control” lives. 

Let’s put it this way “We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction/compulsive behavior, that our lives had become “impossible to control”.  Does that help you to see it?  Did the light bulb come on?  

Think about it for a bit.  That’s where we will pick it up next time.

Until then ……. be sure to tell a friend about us.

Thanks for visiting us – come back soon.

Remember:  “It is what it is and “it ain’t nothing but a thing!”