1st Step Questions?
What does the 1st step say?
A "first" of anything is beginning, and so it is with the _________.
steps.
___________ is the part of our disease that tells us we don't have a disease.
Denial
As we get ready to go on to ______ ______, we'll probably find ourselves wondering if we've worked Step One well enough.
Step Two
Have I made __________ with the fact that I am an addict?
peace
What ______ brought me to recovery?
crisis, give us your answer if you feel comfortable.
Some of us find a measure of comfort in realizing that a ___________, not a moral failing, has caused us to reach this bottom.
disease
The first step asks us to admit two things: one, that we are powerless over our addiction; and two, that our lives have become _____________.
Unmanageable
Have we truly gained an ____________ of this step?
understanding
How is _________________ of my disease necessary for my continued recovery?
acceptance
How have I ______ other people for my behavior?
blamed, give us your answer if you feel comfortable.
Before we begin working the First Step, we must become _________, whatever it takes.
abstinent
____________ are places in our program that we have reserved for relapse.
Reservations
Many of us have found it helpful to write about our understanding of each step as we prepare to _____
______.
Move On.
What would my life be like if I _________ completely?
surrendered
Have I stayed in touch with the reality of my disease, no matter how long I've had ___________ from active addiction?
freedom, give us your answer, what is that reality? If you feel comfortable.
Whatever the case, it's time to do some step work: to engage in some concrete activity that will help us find more ____________ from our addiction, whatever shape it is currently taking.
freedom
____________, on the other hand, is what happens after we've accepted the First Step as something that is true for us and have accepted that recovery is the solution.
Surrender
We've come to a place where we see the __________ of our old way of life and accepting that a new way is called for, but we probably don't yet see how rich with possibilities the life of recovery is.
results
Over what exactly, am I ________________?
powerless?
Do I have a sense of my relative ______________ within my circle of family or friends? In society as whole?
importance, what is that sense? If you feel comfortable sharing?
Some NA members _________ their way through the first step, by intuition; others choose to work Step One in a more systematic fashion.
"feel"
What makes us addicts is ___ _____ _ _________-not the drugs, not our behavior, but our disease.
The Disease of Addiction
Working the rest of the steps will fill that __________.
void
What does unmanageability mean to ____?
me?