Aug. 11, 2013 - Step by Step

Step by Step
Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013

Today, while I did not choose to be alcoholic, I have a choice to be a non-drinking one. Admitting in Step One that I am powerless over alcohol does not mean I am doomed to an alcoholic death from accident, illness or a lengthy prison sentence for a drunk-related felony. In my gift fromGod of choice, I have the power to overcome alcohol by disempowering it and choosing abstinence and 12-Step recovery. And while the 12 Steps impress that I and I alone am responsible for my alcoholism, I and I alone also am responsible for my own recovery; its success or failure rests with no one and nothing but me. Ironically, while the Program also impresses the powerlessness I have over an array of things from alcohol to character defects, I am in control of not fueling that powerlessness by choosing not to be defeated by it – through the 12 Steps. Today, I can assert my power over powerlessness, and my power is in the 12 Steps. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2013