This is the difference; the idea of powerlessness is true because of the real absense of knowledge to beat the powerful unaided. There must be a decision on our part to make the choice to change that comes from within, not from without. The example of change in height is ludicrous because it does not answer, much less address the responsibility for living we are each given as a result of God's gift of life. When any person makes a desicion coupled with action to change from the pain of the past and present to freedom in the future, they do it of their own free will. This is why the First Step must be worked over and over until the practice becomes routine and the rountine becomes the psychic change that completely transforms the mind. I choose everyday to continue the path I am on. I was blind, now I can see.