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January 2009

Step 1: I Just Can't Do This Anymore

An isolated home drinker gets honest with himself for the first time

The First Step of Alcoholics Anonymous: We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable-is something that I have to practice every day. We alcoholics are undisciplined, and, although I tried to convince myself and anyone who would listen to me early in my sobriety that I was different, I, too, am undisciplined. I need to do things over and over again to make them a part of my everyday behavior. I need to work this Step over and over and over again to get it right.

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