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(631) 654-1150    FAX (631) 654-1110              Mail:  P.O. Box 659 Patchogue, NY 11772 STEP 2: CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY AFTER ADMITTING I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC, I FOUND I HAD TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN MYSELF COULD RESTORE MY SANITY. HAVING BEEN BROUGHT UP BELIEVING IN GOD, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE EASY, BUT I HAD A HARD TIME BRINGING GOD FROM THE PAST AND INTO MY LIFE TODAY. WHILE ATTENDING AA MEETINGS I FOUND THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS FELLOWSHIP HAD THE SPRITUALITY I WANTED SO DESPERATELY. I KNEW THAT SOMETHING GREATER THEN ME TOOK AWAY MY DESIRE TO DRINK AND STARTED WORKING ON THE CONCEPT OF A HIGHER POWER.
I STARTED TO PRAY, CONCENTRATING ON THE WORDS I WAS SAYING AND STARTED TO FEEL A SENSE OF PEACE AND SERENITY.
I BEGAN READING SPRITUAL LITERATURE AND LISTENING TO AA MEMBERS WHO I FELT POSSESSED THE GREATER SPIRITUALITY. EVERY DAY I ASK FOR GODS WILL TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN FOR ME AND RECEIVE THE GREATEST REWARDS WHEN I AM ABLE TO HELP OTHERS.
STEP 3: MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM. THE ESSENCE OF THE THIRD STEP IS ACCEPTANCE.
EARLY IN THIS JOURNEY INTO MY SOBRIETY AND A FULL LIFE, I WORKED VERY HARD TO ACCEPT LIFE ON LIFES TERMS, TO ACCEPT THAT MY HIGHER POWER DIDNT BRING ME THIS FAR TO DROP ME ON MY HEAD.
THE FACT IS, EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE, MY HEAD IS VERY HARD, AND ALL WOULD BE WELL. I DIDN'T NEED TO WORK SO HARD, JUST ACCEPT THE CARE OF MY HIGHER POWER. I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS EXISTENCE IS A BATTLE OF FEAR AGAINST LOVE. FEAR HAS NO TRUST, IT IS ANGRY, DEPRESSIVE STATE OF BEING THAT MAKES ME SHORT SIGHTED. FOR MANY YEARS I COULDN'T SEE PAST THE LENGTH OF MY ARM, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A DRINK AND ME. IF I DWELL IN FEAR, I AM DOOMED TO DRINK. LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY OUT, AND FOR ME THAT IS MY HIGHER POWER. THE THIRD STEP SAYS THAT I SHOULD TURN MY WILL AND LIFE OVER TO GOD'S CARE. FRANKLY, WHEN MY PERSPECTIVE COMES FROM A PLACE OF LOVE, I CANNOT HELP BUT LIVE IN THE THIRD STEP AND ACCEPTANCE THAT REQUIRES. TROUBLE STARTS WHEN I AM LIVING IN FEAR.
TODAY, I TURN MY WILL AND LIFE OVER TO GOD'S CARE... TODAY, I WILL STAY SOBER.
ANONYMOUS
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