First Step To Recovery Is Acceptance

Guest author 28th september 2020.

First step to recovery is acceptance.

Have faith in what will be sonia ricotti. Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it jamie lee curtis. It isn t easy but admitting powerlessness allows you to break the cycle of addiction that you ve been stuck in. All twelve step programs utilize a version of aa s suggested twelv.

As we see in the 12 steps the process of acceptance starts with accepting who you are in spite of your shortcomings or character flaws. When someone struggles with addiction they are no longer able to manage how much and how often drugs and or alcohol are abused. But this is only the beginning. The first step to change your life the importance of acceptance in recovery the importance of acceptance in recovery when we enter drug treatment and start the recovery process in earnest there definitely are moments in which we feel uncertainty and even dread.

Awareness the first step towards change is awareness. Alcoholics anonymous believes that admitting you can t control your alcohol use is a necessary first step on the path to recovery. The second step is acceptance nathaniel branden. Let go of what was.

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Twelve step programs are mutual aid organizations for the purpose of recovery from substance addictions behavioral addictions and compulsions. Step 1 is about letting go. You admit you have a problem and begin to seek out assistance.

Admitting there is a problem it has been said time and again that the first step to finding acceptance in recovery is to admit to yourself that you have a problem. Antonia john encon construction danielle aberg the csr co. Built environment home page original content. Developed in the 1930s the first twelve step program alcoholics anonymous aided its membership to overcome alcoholism.

Surrender surrender to what is. Acceptance is the first step to recovery. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. You may for example blackout on alcohol and pretend nothing happened since you don t remember anyway.

Since that time dozens of other organizations have been derived from aa s approach to address problems as varied as drug addiction compulsive gambling and overeating. Step 2 accepting a power greater than oneself. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Acceptance has the power to transform.

Recognition of this loss of control and admission of being powerless over addiction is the first step toward recovery. Especially for those who are passive or unaware this can be difficult. To put it simply accepting the nature of your addiction allows you to move along the path towards recovery. The first reaction to learning about the terminal illness loss or death of a cherished loved one is to deny the reality of the situation.