DR. K.J. FOSTER ON STEP 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
About Step 1, from K.J. Foster
Dr. K.J. Foster talks about . More information is available at Fostering Resilience.
Click the appropriate View button below to watch the associated video. Note that these videos are provided not so that you will totally agree with every one of them since each video may be presented with a somewhat different perspective on a Higher Power. Hopefully you can feel kinship with one or more of the perspectives, however, and thereby gain some guidance. The goal is for you to be able to work the program effectively and find a fulfillment of the the 12 step promises in your life.
Fr. Martin
Fr. Joseph C. Martin gives an overview of how the first step is usually the most obvious and yet is often the most difficult step for us to take.
Tommy Rosen
Tommy Rosen is a Yoga teacher in Los Angeles specializing in addiction recovery. He talks about Step 1 and how Yoga practice can help.
John Anthony
A Church of God minister talks about powerlessness over addiction and how the love and peace of Jesus can deliver us.
Rehab Center
Staff talk about compulsion in the body, obsession in the mind, and restlessness, irritability and discontent in the emotions.
Doug Weiss
Sex addiction expert Dr. Doug Weiss talks about how the "We" in the first step means that addicts have difficulty finding freedom on their own.
