"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable."
Who cares to admit complete defeat? Admission of powerlessness is the fist step in liberation. Relation of humility to sobriety. Mental obsession plus physical allergy. Why must every A.A. hit bottom?
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we were totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it.