Originally Posted by
MB8 
Do you work the 12 steps at all or have you needed to. I can't get to step 1 although I am trying. I needed a little coaxing and convincing. MB8
Reading Chapter 3 "More about Alcoholism"--and more importantly, really thinking about what is written--helped me with Step 1. After one particularly painful hangover, the first two paragraphs finally made me understand and accept that I am a man "who has lost the ability to control" my drinking. I am powerless once I start.
I suggest reading Chapter 3 if you haven't, or reading it again if you have.