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Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
About Step 1, from Dr. Doug Weiss
Nationally know sex addiction expert Dr. Doug Weiss explains the need for admitting powerlessness and getting help from others to begin the process of becoming free from addiction - why step 1 begins with the word "We". More information from the Dr. Doug Weiss YouTube channel.
Click the appropriate View button below to watch the associated video. Note that these videos are provided not so that you will totally agree with every one of them since each video may be presented with a somewhat different perspective on a Higher Power. Hopefully you can feel kinship with one or more of the perspectives, however, and thereby gain some guidance. The goal is for you to be able to work the program effectively and find a fulfillment of the the 12 step promises in your life.
Bernard Robeson presents an overview of working Step 1 and the way in which even the phrasing in Step 1 is an encouragement.
Dr. Douglas Cook shares how the 12 steps has been effective for his patients and himself, and the importance of admitting powerlessness.
Fr. Joseph C. Martin gives an overview of how the first step is usually the most obvious and yet is often the most difficult step for us to take.
Tommy Rosen is a Yoga teacher in Los Angeles specializing in addiction recovery. He talks about Step 1 and how Yoga practice can help.
David talks about his addiction to sex and p*rnography and how that led him to admit his powerlessness and his need for help.
A Church of God minister talks about powerlessness over addiction and how the love and peace of Jesus can deliver us.
Staff talk about compulsion in the body, obsession in the mind, and restlessness, irritability and discontent in the emotions.
Counselor Dr. K.J. Foster talks about the "We", the "Powerlessness", and the "Unmanagability" of Step 1 and the critical parts of working step 1.
Sex addiction expert Dr. Doug Weiss talks about the partners of sex addicts or sexual anorexics admitting powerlessness.
Reading about Step 1 from the original classic text Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, also known affectionately as the 12 and 12.
THE STEPS
- 12 Step Overview
- Step 1 (Powerlessness)
- (8) How It Works
- (5) Sharing
- (10) Videos
- Step 2 (Hope)
- (8) How It Works
- (3) Sharing
- (7) Videos
- Step 3 (Surrender)
- (7) How It Works
- (2) Sharing
- (7) Videos
- Step 4 (Inventory)
- (6) How It Works
- (7) Sharing
- (6) Videos
- Step 5 (Confession)
- (6) How It Works
- (3) Sharing
- (6) Videos
- Step 6 (Readiness)
- (6) How It Works
- (4) Sharing
- (5) Videos
- Step 7 (Asked God)
- (6) How It Works
- (4) Sharing
- (5) Videos
- Step 8 (Amends List)
- (8) How It Works
- (2) Sharing
- (5) Videos
- Step 9 (Make Amends)
- (8) How It Works
- (2) Sharing
- (5) Videos
- Step 10 (Continue Inventory)
- (6) How It Works
- (4) Sharing
- (5) Videos
- Step 11 (Keep Contact)
- (6) How It Works
- (4) Sharing
- (4) Videos
- Step 12 (Help Others)
- (7) How It Works
- (5) Sharing
- (4) Videos
