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People are not "powerless" over their desires to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or take drugs. Being sick, and having a messed-up life from too much drinking, is just that — being sick. It isn't "powerlessness." Having difficulties quitting is not "powerlessness", it's having difficulties quitting.
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www.orange-papers.org/orange-powerless.html
www.orange-papers.org/orange-powerless.html
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; 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. ... Again, this step encourages dependence and powerlessness. The implication of this step is that you cannot heal yourself — you are so insane that only some Higher Power can fix your mind and restore you to sanity.
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www.orange-papers.org/orange-interpreted.html
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Key Phrase page for powerlessness over alcohol: Books containing the phrase powerlessness over alcohol ... Featured Books for "powerlessness over alcohol"
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amazon.com/phrase/powerlessness-over-alcohol
amazon.com/phrase/powerlessness-over-alcohol
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In order to take the First Step and admit our powerlessness over alcoholism, we need first to understand and accept that alcoholism is a ... As we look back on our lives, we are asked to acknowledge our powerlessness over alcohol, the alcoholic and every person and event we sought to control by our own will power.
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www.al-anonspain.org/StepOne.php
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Seventy years ago, Bill Wilson -- the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous -- declared his powerlessness over alcohol in a book by the same name.
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If my powerlessness over alcohol was absolute, I'd have a beer in my hand. ... My powerlessness manifests itself when I take the first drink. If I continue to avoid that first drink, then one might say I have power over alcohol, but I don't see it that way. I think alcoholics with 10, 20, 30 or more years without a drink...
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www.soberrecovery.com/forums/alcoholism/170771-i-am-pow...
www.soberrecovery.com/forums/alcoholism/170771-i-am-powerless-over-alcohol.html
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Admitting you are an alcoholic may seem today like the end of the line to you, but there are thousands of people in AA who can testify that acceptance of their powerlessness over alcohol was not an end, but a beginning: the beginning of their recovery and a new, useful and rewarding life.
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www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/page5.html
www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/page5.html
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A.A.'s stance--that an alcoholic must admit to being powerless in the face of alcohol--may not be right for everyone. ... for them, the Twelve Steps and the A.A. message of powerlessness over alcohol and submission to a Higher Power have become a lifesaving gospel.
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www.beliefnet.com/Health/2000/03/Am-I-Really-Powerless....
www.beliefnet.com/Health/2000/03/Am-I-Really-Powerless.aspx
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'And that's where powerlessness in the scary sense comes from. It's like with alcohol, being powerless over alcohol doesn't mean that you physically cannot move your hand to pull the bottle away from your mouth, like sarcasmo alcoholics who hate program say it does.
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everything2.com/title/Powerless
everything2.com/title/Powerless
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