![]() 14-15)īut what if my life hasn’t become that unmanageable? Do these concepts still apply? The full weight of the devastation of my disease was overwhelming.” (pp. I compiled a list of over thirty incidents in which sexaholism had made my life unmanageable. That seems a little unmanageable.’ I reluctantly had to agree, but I went on to say, ‘Well, other than that I don’t see any unmanageability.’ She replied, ‘Well, you are not working for these five weeks, you are eight hundred miles away from your wife…’ Her listing the facts helped break through my denial. In her very quiet and calm voice she pointed out the obvious: ‘For one, you are sitting here in a psychiatric facility for a thirty-five day treatment that is going to cost you about $20,000. I told my counselor that I understood the powerlessness part of Step One, but that I just did not see my unmanageability. “Three months later, I sat in a treatment center for sexual addiction. “At my first SA meeting I immediately related to people sharing about personal powerlessness over lust and sexual acting out…However, I did not understand their explanation about how their lives had become unmanageable… This story from Step Into Action may help: These are questions that have come to my mind from time to time. What if I’m sober – does that powerlessness still exist and is my life still unmanageable, or do I have things under control, figured out? How do I know if my life has become, or is, unmanageable? Step 1 states: “ We admitted we were powerless over lust – that our lives had become unmanageable.“
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