This morning I woke up and had a flood of inspiration and ideas. By the time I had this chance to jot them down I believe I forgot a lot of what I was thinking.

I thought about "my life was unmanageble" being another form of powerlessness, but this being powerlessness over my shortcomings, powerlessness over my instincts, emotions and motives, powerlessness over my disordered values, powerlessness over sin, I was powerless to manage my life effectively.

Step 2 says "a power greater than myself would restore me to sanity". Both my addiction and my life are grouped into that need for sanity.

Step 3 says "I made a decision to turn my will and my life", so the two areas of focus are distinguished since our primary purpose is freedom from addiction but this is inseparable from turning over and recovering in life.