Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. With Alcoholics Anonymous Step 1 we no longer are in denial and have admitted that our lives were unmanageable, we realize now that we couldn't control alcohol, it was controlling us.
With Alcoholics Anonymous...

Because the abuse of prescription drugs are becoming so common and widespread throughout the United States I think it's important for parents to realize that "pill parties" or sometimes called "pharm parties" do take place among teens and parents need to be aware. I realize most young people don't...

We focus a lot on the younger generation and their use of designer drugs and alcohol and don't quite center as much attention on the older generation of adults. After reviewing a report from NSDUH which is the National Survey on Drug Use and Health this year, I began to realize substance use isn't...

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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Alcoholics Anonymous Step 1 - We are no longer in denial, we are able to admit that our lives were unmanageable because alcohol was controlling us, we couldn't control it.
Alcoholics...

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Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all Alcoholics Anonymous Step 1 - We are no longer in denial, we are able to admit that our lives were unmanageable because alcohol was controlling us, we couldn't control it.
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 2 - In...

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