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January 1997

Living to Good Purpose

Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.

I've heard it said that Step One is the only Step we have to take perfectly. Perhaps this idea comes from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions; on page 68, we read: "Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection."

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