Coming to believe that a Power greater than myself can restore me to sanity is much easier than it sounds once I fully grasp that Step Two isn’t asking me to understand, or define that Power. All it’s asking me to understand is that I alone, cannot restore myself to sanity. And I desperately need

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1. We admitted we were powerless over all mind altering substances – that our lives had become unmanageable In my first year and a half of recovery, my understanding of the first step was quite different from what it is today.  Then, it was a generic idea of being powerless and unmanageability caused by my

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My experience and attitude with steps 2-12 is simply a reflection of what I experience in step one. If I am honest with myself in step one, I cannot escape the truth. I cannot escape the reality that there is nothing I can do to keep myself sober. I will see that I am guaranteed

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The Twelve Steps – Program of Recovery used by The Launching Pad Most alcoholics and addicts lack discipline and a sustainable blueprint for living a life conducive for permanent recovery. The Twelve Steps offer an opportunity to have a transformational experience which affords us a new way of living. If practiced on a continuous basis, they will create a personality

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