Originally Posted by
SeriousKarma 
The steps, and the principles are the same, and particularly profound when talking about the 1st step. Although I wasn't the one doing the drinking, alcohol had most definitely made my life unmanageable, and I was powerless over it. My attempts at gaining control over my life were futile. I was as powerless over alcohol as my alcoholic husband.
Yup, my experience, too.
LOL, I DEFINITELY get the wisdom of changing the one word in Step 12, however--we Al-Anons would just LOVE to be 12th-stepping our alcoholics! To no avail, of course, but it's a good thing they closed that loophole!
