First Step To Recovery Is Acceptance

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First step to recovery is acceptance.

Acceptance is the first step to recovery. You admit you have a problem and begin to seek out assistance. As we see in the 12 steps the process of acceptance starts with accepting who you are in spite of your shortcomings or character flaws. Recognition of this loss of control and admission of being powerless over addiction is the first step toward recovery.

When someone struggles with addiction they are no longer able to manage how much and how often drugs and or alcohol are abused. You may for example blackout on alcohol and pretend nothing happened since you don t remember anyway. Antonia john encon construction danielle aberg the csr co. Admitting there is a problem it has been said time and again that the first step to finding acceptance in recovery is to admit to yourself that you have a problem.

Since that time dozens of other organizations have been derived from aa s approach to address problems as varied as drug addiction compulsive gambling and overeating. Developed in the 1930s the first twelve step program alcoholics anonymous aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. Twelve step programs are mutual aid organizations for the purpose of recovery from substance addictions behavioral addictions and compulsions. Let go of what was.

This isn t happening this can t be happening. Acceptance has the power to transform. Guest author 28th september 2020. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. Acceptance is the first step to recovery. But this is only the beginning. Especially for those who are passive or unaware this can be difficult.

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. Built environment home page original content. Awareness the first step towards change is awareness. It isn t easy but admitting powerlessness allows you to break the cycle of addiction that you ve been stuck in.

Step 1 is about letting go. All twelve step programs utilize a version of aa s suggested twelv. The first reaction to learning about the terminal illness loss or death of a cherished loved one is to deny the reality of the situation. Step 2 accepting a power greater than oneself.

The second step is acceptance nathaniel branden. Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it jamie lee curtis. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Surrender surrender to what is.