Recovering From Alcoholism Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

The many steps
of recovering alcoholics.

The first is to admit
they are powerless
to help themselves
and their lives have
become unmanageable.

The second was to come
to believe in a power
greater than their own
which could restore
them to sanity.

The third was to turn
their lives over to God
as they understood him.

These steps are to be
amplified
and emphasized
to understand
the need to face up
honestly to past faults
and try  make amends
to those they had
caused so much suffering.