STEP 1:
we admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
we have no power to make another person stop drinking. Threats, pleas, and the determined use of our will were equally FUTILE. Our schemes and threats succeeded only in causing US physical and emotional exhaustion.(taken by steps and tradition book B-8)
this to me is a fact...i am powerless and my life was so unmanageable...how about yours?