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Steps to the SpiritAuthor: Chuck Lutz
Steps to the spirit is about my search for, discovery of, and use of the Spirit to live my life according to the wishes and plans of God. I also call them gifts from God because I believe He has given us these tools to enable us to find a closer relationship with Him. I invite you to join me in this quest that is at times both difficult and extremely fulfilling. I will try to explain how and why it became necessary to surrender, thus enabling me to begin to live according to God's plan.I will post additional info on my blog: http://www.StepsToTheSpirit.com/blog To contact me, please use: Chuck@stepstothespirit.com Language: en-us Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The 12 Step Program - Step 1 (Part 1
Episode 5
Saturday, 31 January, 2026
Send us a textStep one can be thought of in three ways. With me remind you that my version of step one is as follows: “We I admitted we were I am powerless over alcohol everything, that our lives my life has become unmanageable.”I have indicated the original words and cross them out. My new version is indicated in red. All of the versions of the steps that are used are from the first edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous, published in 1939. The changes that I had made simply work better for me. If you are listening to this podcast, please feel free to use whatever version works for you. Getting back to the three ways this step can be interpreted: 1. If I have seen this trip before, or I am familiar with the 12 steps, I would almost breeze over it, saying to myself something like, “oh yeah, I know I can’t handle booze, (or anything in my life)”. 2. I might say, “I’m not really one of those people. I just happened to overdo it sometimes.” 3. I might say, being new to the steps, “that sure makes a lot of sense. I don’t seem to be able to manage anything in my life”. In this episode I like to talk about these three initial responses to the first step. For me, my final acceptance of the first step was caused by hitting my personal bottom. I was extremely familiar with the steps, maybe a little bit too familiar, because I thought I knew it all, and at the same time was lost. So, wh. I remember thinking that En I approached this step for the last time, it seemed like it was brand-new. I remember thinking that it seemed like I was seeing the steps for the first time! When I looked at the first step, it seemed as if I somehow that the trip into my past. I realized how much I was kidding myself with the slightest start that I could manage my life. I realized that I truly needed help. I realized that all my speaking about the steps, all of the understanding that I thought I had, meant nothing. I needed to start to let down my guards and to stop fooling myself into thinking that my life was going just fine.
