Originally Posted by
DonaldS 
I'm interested to hear opinions about Step One--does unmanagability remain, or does it at some point go away...
It took me a long time to realize that the unmanagability part of step one had little to do with alcohol. In fact I was using alcohol to sweep it under the rug.
I now believe that 12 step programs have more than one step to deal with these non-drinking issues.
When does it go away? When:
"We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us."