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MajestyJo
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 Posted - 09/13/2007 : 13:59:04
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Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our
lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
"Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail
nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives.
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by
what specific means shall we be able to let Him in? Step
Three represents our first attempt to do this."
© 1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005;
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 34
Step Three was my favorite Step until I got to Step 11.
I had always had my belief, but never had much faith. My sponsor said to me, "If you doubt yourself, you are doubting God." I had to learn to have faith in myself and this program. By learning to live it I was able to see a faith that works. It was the little things that I had never seen before which counted the most. I saw my God working in my life, doing for me what I hadn't been able to do for myself. All I had to do was be honest, open and willing.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
Edited by - MajestyJo on 10/29/2007 10:53:23 |
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MajestyJo
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Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 22:08:55
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Belief
From "Promoted to Chronic:"
"I feel that I have been restored to health and sanity
these past years not through my own efforts nor as
a result of anything I may have done, but because I've
come to believe -- to really believe -- that alone I can
do nothing....I have come to believe that my illness is
spiritual as well as physical and mental, and I know
that for help in the spiritual sphere I have to turn to
a Higher Power."
c. 2003, Experience, Strength and Hope - Stories from
the First Three Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 392
I came to the program after trying to quit my way for eight years. My way didn't work. I came to believe AA would work for me, the rooms gave me hope. I came to believe that the program would work for me if I worked for it. I couldn't just occupy a chair, I had to get active. Do service (greeting at door and helping in the kitchen), learn and apply the Steps, read the Big Book, go to meetings, get a sponsor and utilizer her, change people, places and things in my life. There were some suggestions that turned out to be darned well betters. |
Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
Edited by - MajestyJo on 10/29/2007 10:52:36 |
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MajestyJo
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Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2007 : 11:00:06
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I had to put this Step into practice today. I had to go to the mall and get money from my bank. I had to go and see my friend and give her a farewell gift as this is her last day in Hamilton. When I was in the mall I saw a long-timer in Al-Anon in line for coffee at Tim Hortons. I thought, "She is going to the meeting." I forget about the meeting until it is over. I don't do mornings well. On my way back from my friend's after turning my day over to my HP, I went to the meeting twenty minutes late, but I got there. There was only two people there and both were long-timers with over 30 years in the program. It was a special gift for me just to be there.
I had found myself doing the "should I/shouldn't I" way of thinking and had to turn my thinking over to my HP and find the answer. I had to work this afternoon and I had to find out if it was good for me to go. After the meeting, I took myself for brunch and had bacon, scrambled eggs, homefries, and toast.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
Edited by - MajestyJo on 10/29/2007 11:08:10 |
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