Step 3 - stillness and quiet
Whatever it takes - just for today.
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Step 3 - stillness and quiet
Hi All,
I was wondering what other AA members experiences have been at Step 3?
Today I am 50 days sober and I completed Step 3 yesterday. After doing it I felt odd and I couldn't put my finger on why. I realised it is because on the inside I feel still and although my mind still has thoughts it feels like the volume and the speed has been turned way down. Without my roaring, racing head I feel alone for the first time...not lonely, just alone.
It feels good but also weird because I'm not used to this.
Did anyone else experience something similar?
Thank you
Scruff
I was wondering what other AA members experiences have been at Step 3?
Today I am 50 days sober and I completed Step 3 yesterday. After doing it I felt odd and I couldn't put my finger on why. I realised it is because on the inside I feel still and although my mind still has thoughts it feels like the volume and the speed has been turned way down. Without my roaring, racing head I feel alone for the first time...not lonely, just alone.
It feels good but also weird because I'm not used to this.
Did anyone else experience something similar?
Thank you
Scruff
Whatever it takes - just for today.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 200
Thanks Centered. My Sponsor tells me it will keep getting better. This has been my experience so far so I'll just keep doing what I'm told...by my HP and my Sponsor.
Feeling stupidly joyous today
off to a meeting now.
Enjoy your arvo/evening or morning.
Xx Scruff
Feeling stupidly joyous today
off to a meeting now.Enjoy your arvo/evening or morning.
Xx Scruff
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Thy will, not my will was a very pivotal, freeing concept for me. By sheer will power I was going to have things my way.
On page 62 the text explains that "Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles."
Our book promises us that "When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."
I have a thinking problem, not a drinking problem.
On page 62 the text explains that "Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles."
Our book promises us that "When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."
I have a thinking problem, not a drinking problem.
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Originally Posted by theDipsomaniac 
Thy will, not my will was a very pivotal, freeing concept for me. By sheer will power I was going to have things my way.
On page 62 the text explains that "Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles."
Our book promises us that "When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."
I have a thinking problem, not a drinking problem.
On page 62 the text explains that "Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles."
Our book promises us that "When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."
I have a thinking problem, not a drinking problem.
Welcome, Dipsomaniac. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
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Well done.. And your sponsor is right. It does keep getting better...
The point is life doesn't get better , we do.
And by truly taking that 3rd step daily. We are able to take our hands off the drivers wheel. And learn to trust our Higher Power...
For me , I understood I had a Higher Power for 30 years. And that was alcohol and drugs. They had complete power of my life and decisions...
So coming to believe in something greater than me was easy, I then just needed to find something positive . Which for myself I used the treatment center that I was at ... And it has grown into a "spirit" that talk to and have a great relationship with today.
So I came , came to , and came to believe...
Keep trusting the process and great things will come to you..
Just stay on the beam...
The point is life doesn't get better , we do.
And by truly taking that 3rd step daily. We are able to take our hands off the drivers wheel. And learn to trust our Higher Power...
For me , I understood I had a Higher Power for 30 years. And that was alcohol and drugs. They had complete power of my life and decisions...
So coming to believe in something greater than me was easy, I then just needed to find something positive . Which for myself I used the treatment center that I was at ... And it has grown into a "spirit" that talk to and have a great relationship with today.
So I came , came to , and came to believe...
Keep trusting the process and great things will come to you..
Just stay on the beam...
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This is an interesting post . I relate to that feeling of peace and connectedness with beauty ,love ,calm , all that is . I get this feeling now and then and just love it while it lasts . I'm not talking about meditation sitting cross legged with finger and thumb together saying omm. Its a feeling of belonging to a greater source than the chaos of normal living ,well for me lately normal has been chaotic .
Keep going and enjoy the wonders of sobriety .
Keep going and enjoy the wonders of sobriety .
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