Meditations on "Powerless"

Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our lives had become unmanageable.

When we come into a recovery program everything is new to us.

When we came to the realization that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our life had become unmanageable we knew then that we needed help.

Some of us carry the darkness of regret for promises that have been broken, both promises made to us, and promises made by us.

In steps one, two and three, we admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives were unmanageable; we came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity and, we made a decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God as we understood Him.

When life is overwhelming, we often use addictive habits as a hiding place from overpowering emotions.

We often spend a lot of time and energy on trying to change others and how they treat us.

What is loneliness for me? What effects of loneliness have I experienced?

Turning our will and our life over to God always involves action.

What does it actually mean to turn our will and our life over to the care of God?