From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... powerlessness.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
2.
... powerlessness finally
turn out to be firm ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.
3.
... powerlessness over
alcohol is his first step ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous
is told, and soon realizes for himself, that
his humble admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
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