1. We admitted we were powerless over food — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 59)

Powerless: impotent.
Potent: sane, useful, empowered.
Impotence yells, mad as hell
while powerless slumps down,
gives up. Impotent embarrasses,
makes it personal while powerless
demands a social program.
No matter which way we react
to our impotent powerlessness,
the Power is the same,
the Potent Power.