"Step3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." AA book.
"This is the how and the why of it. 1. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didnt work. 2.Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children.
Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom."
Simple instructions for the application of the crucial step in our recovery. For many years I directed my own life. Although my motives were sometime "very good and noble", I still managed to make a mess of it. After rigorous application of step 3 and crying out to God to help me with my unmanageable life, was I able to experience serenity. Then I realised that God's ways are not our ways. He is trying to build us for His kingdom in eternity, and we are trying to build a short term life built on sand. That's why when storms come my life becomes a mess. Step 3 is a decision, although taken once only, is an ongoing realisation of my dependence on God. That's the reason for prayer and meditation. There is no freedom from alcoholism without seriously taking this crucial step.
Why do we make decisions? Decisions are made because we want to alter the course of our life. It's an act of the will more than the heart. We weigh the pros and cons, seek advice, look at the cost and then finally we act upon it. The outcome is good if it's done sanely and without emotion.
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions.
BB pg 64
This decision was a simple one for me....Am I willing to do the work?....Or not?
Yes my brother,and an action STEP...WE may make a decision to be an astronaut, but if WE don't do the work it is just another random thought..Be blessed my fri
end..
__________________
Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.