Having a "Bad Day?" Start it over with the first 3 steps of the 12 step Addiction Recovery Programs.
20Having a "Bad Day?" Start it over with the first 3 steps of the 12 step Addiction Recovery Programs. Soberdelic James Addiction Recovery Live Stream
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In this 4pmEST Addiction Recovery Live, we'll apply the first three steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to everyday challenges.
Step One
“Do you see a connection between your drinking or using and the unmanageability of your life?” Look, “unmanageable” has five syllables and means “out of control.” Have you ever felt “out of control”? Yes? Then carry on.
The idea of being helpless is the same. A few words that essentially say, “When I use drugs or drink alcohol, things spiral out of control.” Congratulations! You’ve finished the first Step if you can relate to being helpless.
Step Two
He moved on to Step 2 when he observed the young man making progress in understanding.
The fundamental tenet of Step 2 is that we cannot “treat” our addictions. Ham is cured, but not addiction. The good news is that help is available, and you’ve come to the correct place if you can relate to being “out of control.”
“People in Twelve Step recovery don’t hold sobriety in a hammerlock. There are alternative ways to quit drinking that have been successful for other individuals. But if you remain with us, you might devise a solution that works for you. Even while we acknowledge that we cannot “treat” our addictions, we:
“Came”: We showed up at the scheduled meetings.
“Came to”: We realised that we were unconsciously living life, not realising how much damage we were doing to ourselves and others.
“Came to believe: We saw that something outside of ourselves can help us, whether that ‘something’ happens to be a Higher Power (however we define it) or even the 12 Step program itself.”
The old-timer continued through Step 3, painstakingly outlining each Step.
Step Three
In the first edition of the Big Book, there is a tale where Bill Wilson, a co-founder of AA, tells a newcomer, “Your life is certainly jumbled up. Would you consider inviting God to help you unjumble it? That sums up Step 3 in a nutshell.
We adopt a spiritual approach to stop drinking and using drugs by accepting the spiritual support a Higher Power provides. In Bill’s words, if we let a Higher Power “unjumble” what we have managed to jumble, there is a road forward.
The veteran concluded by saying, “That’s what we do in 12 Step programmes. We discover the Power to “unjumble” our life deep inside ourselves through the Steps and the fellowship.
This strategy is still effective for both newcomers and seasoned veterans, young and old. Everyone has a responsibility to one another – that’s how sobriety spreads from one person to the next.