Step 3
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Note, that God is not defined here. A full definition of God is not so easily
attained, nor is that the issue. The point here is to do something radically
different than worshipping our drug-of-choice, and ourselves.
It is to turn our life over to
that "higher power" mentioned in step two, so that we can move upward in life.
Remember, we have already decided that without the intervention of a higher
power, we are without hope.
This is not a matter of knowledge, but a matter of trust. For some, it is a
matter of desperation.
We have said that
the higher power MUST exist, or we have no hope. Now we allow that 'higher
power' to take the reins of our life. We take a step of trusting something or
someone other than our drug-of-choice.
The other part to this step, is to stop being so self-serving. Rather than
doing what we want when we want because we want, we slow down, and consider
others around us and consider long-term results and consider what is 'best' from
another point of view.
That, for some, is very, very hard to do. You may have heard the phrase "Let
Go and Let God". That's this step in a nutshell.
You may have heard the phrase, which is related to this step, saying, "Put
Jesus on the throne of your life."
* The Twelve Steps are reprinted with
permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint
and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that A.A. has reviewed or approved the
contents of this publication, nor that A.A. agrees with the views expressed
herein. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism. Use of the Twelve Steps
in connection with programs which are patterned after A.A. but which address
other problems does not imply otherwise.
The complete Serenity Prayer
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