![]() And as I have tried to live these principles, I have had to admit that my addiction was only a symptom of my disease. I have emphasized that the Lord wants to redesign our whole lives, not just our addiction. Who am I, then, to hide it?Īpplying these Principles In All Our Affairs My recovery, therefore, is not my own, but His. I was unable to cleanse myself it took the Lord’s power. I must give thanks to God for His miracle in cleansing my life. ![]() “And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” (Luke 17:17). After they had shown themselves to the priest, as their law required, only one returned to give thanks, praising God for his healing. I think of the story of the ten lepers Jesus healed. ![]() I think that is probably true, but I also find deeper reasons. Some have said that they have to give this message away in order to keep it. This is the lesson of Step One: we must never forget our own powerlessness and God’s omnipotence. As much as we desire to help, we can never fill the role of the Savior in our friends’ recovery. God is the only One who has the power to lift temptation or to change anyone’s heart. In doing Twelfth Step work, we must do the same. He rejoiced in the success he and the other sons of Mosiah had in their missionary labors, but he quickly gave all the glory to God (Alma 26). I need to keep constantly before me the example of Ammon. Pride is such a trap for me! It got me into addiction in the first place, it kept me from accepting the solution when I first heard it, and now, when I have begun sharing the blessings the Lord has given me in recovery, pride tempts me back into feelings of self-sufficiency or self-importance – and thus, alienation from God. When someone with whom I have shared my story does take the message to heart and begins to make progress in breaking free from his addiction, I am faced with another temptation – pride!
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