
What Is the First Step in Addiction Recovery?
When it comes to addiction recovery, people often focus on the big milestones—completing rehab, reaching one year sober, or rebuilding life after substance use. But before any of that can happen, there’s one essential step that every person must take: acknowledging the problem. Without this first step, none of the others can follow. It sounds simple, but in practice, it’s one of the hardest and most transformative parts of the journey. Acknowledging There Is a



