Step Three: The Practical - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

roxiestone · 06-22-2011, 02:00 PM

So what does this step mean to you? How do you practice this step in your daily life? Daily prayer? Meditation? What let's you know you are doing it "right"?

***Freedom1990*** · 06-22-2011, 06:15 PM

Step three is making a decision, plain and simple.

Personally I have books with daily readings in them that I like to use in the mornings. I also signed up via email to get a daily meditation from Hazeldon that I read.

The third step prayer from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is also a good way for me to start the day.

Does that help any?

ISOHumility · 01-16-2012, 07:55 PM

I struggled and bitched and moaned about Step Three with my sponsor for over a year. "How do you do it?" "I WANT to turn my life over, I PRAY to turn my life over, wah wah wah..."

she just rolled her eyes or smiled and said, "it'll happen."

then one day i realized that i'd taken step three. i didn't know when or how it happened. it just did.

i can never explain how i work the steps. it's like trying to explain how i write. it just happens. i know not how.

what i do know is that i am aware that i can do nothing without God. I need his help. I need his love. I depend on Him, and He never lets me down.

How did that happen? Did I do that, or did He?

lame, i know. but that's how it happened for me--and continues to happen, one day at a time.

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roxiestone Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 626	Step Three: The Practical So what does this step mean to you? How do you practice this step in your daily life? Daily prayer? Meditation? What let's you know you are doing it "right"?

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*Freedom1990* Community Greeter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 10,058	Step three is making a decision, plain and simple. Personally I have books with daily readings in them that I like to use in the mornings. I also signed up via email to get a daily meditation from Hazeldon that I read. The third step prayer from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is also a good way for me to start the day. Does that help any? __________________ DeVon & the Zoo Crew ‎An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. --Orlando A. Battista

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ISOHumility Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 165	I struggled and bitched and moaned about Step Three with my sponsor for over a year. "How do you do it?" "I WANT to turn my life over, I PRAY to turn my life over, wah wah wah..." she just rolled her eyes or smiled and said, "it'll happen." then one day i realized that i'd taken step three. i didn't know when or how it happened. it just did. i can never explain how i work the steps. it's like trying to explain how i write. it just happens. i know not how. what i do know is that i am aware that i can do nothing without God. I need his help. I need his love. I depend on Him, and He never lets me down. How did that happen? Did I do that, or did He? lame, i know. but that's how it happened for me--and continues to happen, one day at a time.

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