This very powerful concept is based upon the realisation our own human limitations, that we cannot manage life by ourselves. It is a moving to a self-conviction that without a power in my life, then I am powerless. Step one brings us to an acceptance that without God in my life I am shallow, weak, artificial, self-seeking, egocentric and lacking all sense of spiritual depth or true peace. I am indeed like a spring that is dried up, like a barren desert where life and growth are unable to take root and that I am living a life based on ‘me and my ego’, rather than based on ‘me and my God’. If we believe that we are the source of our own power, as many do, then there is no room in us for a power greater than ourselves – for God. The realisation which this step brings, while perhaps frightening and difficult to acknowledge, is the beginning and basis of true growth, of a true relationship with God, self and others.
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