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AAers- 3rd step

Ashley8888
Ashley8888
What does the third step mean to you?

"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives our to the care of God as we understand Him."

How do you know you are in God will and not your own?
How do you practice this step?

It often confuses me...
nickyj18022002
nickyj18022002
Step 3 to me follows directly from step 1 and 2. Put simply in step 1 I concede that I cannot get and stay sober using the resources I have had available to me. Step 2 I come to believe that I therefore need additional resources. Step 3 I make a decision to pursue a way of life that will give me access to those additional resources. That opens the door to the rest of the steps.

I think this is all about living by spiritual principles. I don't think it is about practical decisions. Except where these practical decisions have spiritual ramifications eg are we doing something that is selfish, based on fear etc.

I genuinely don't think there is a higher power that has a particular will for you to go to college or take a year out. That is a decision that you need to make based on all the information available to you and spiritual principles.