Believed that a power greater than self could restore one to sanity.
Step One tells us that we can surrender. It is ok to let go and let God. That the maneuvering and trifiling and strife will not create consistent change. That we first define God as we know Him or Her to be. We then find our place in the reality and surrender our will. This means letting go and eliminating anxiety and pushing and overthinking and manuevering and instead living in peace.
This means giving God our needs and most of all giving ourselves to His plan for our lives. We turn to the spiritual side to develop a soul and to learn to trust and let it go. Then we learn to be, not do.
I was always stymied at how this step fed into leadership as a spiritual practice. I have heard it said that those who have workaholic tendencies do best to cater to OA as a way to break down workaholic tendencies. That we give to God our need to control and to gain power and let him be the one who brings us to a place of sanity.
