AA books says their will a long period of reconstruction ahead of us.this should be our this should be our prime goal as we avoid taking that first drink or drug. And we find out that we can be more successful by working the step of our own fellowship. In our first step we admit powerlessness the second step start us in our journey to develop a spiritual life in that we realize that spiritually is more then a theory...with out the guidance of our higher power the stages of reconstruction would be dam near impossible...we must always seek God's guidance and in that seeking of God he will always grand a daily reprieve and the power for this long reconstruction process