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Step One – “We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.” The Disease of Addiction What does the “disease of addiction” mean to me? Has my disease been active recently? In what way? What is it like when I’m obsessed with something? Does my thinking follow a pattern? Describe. When a thought occurs to me, do I immediately act on it without considering the consequences? In what other ways do I behave compulsively? How does the self-centered part of my disease affect my life and the lives of those around me? How has my disease affected me physically? Mentally? Spiritually? Emotionally? What is the specific way in which my addiction has been manifesting itself most recently? Have I been obsessed with a person, place, or thing? If so, how has that gotten in the way of my relationships with others? How else have I been affected mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally by this obsession? Denial Have I given plausible but untrue reasons for my behavior? What have they been? Have I compulsively acted on an obsession, and then acted as if I had actually planned to act that way? When were those times? How have I blamed other people for my behavior? How have I compared my addiction with others’ addiction? Is my addiction “bad enough” if I don’t compare it to anyone else’s? Am I comparing a current manifestation of my addiction to the way my life was before I got clean? Am I plagued by the idea that I should know better? Have I been thinking that I have enough information about addiction and recovery to get my behavior under control before it gets out of hand? Am I avoiding action because I’m afraid I will be ashamed when I face the results of my addiction? Am I avoiding action because I’m worried about what others will think? Hitting Bottom: Despair and Isolation What crisis brought me to recovery? What situation led me to formally work Step One?