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and humbly saying “God, help me” and then stepping back, getting out of His way, and letting Him.</p><p id="931f">All that you can do is work your own program, show by example what you believe should be done, and pray, as the 11th step says, “only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.”</p><p id="b9a6">Prayer helps as long as we know that God is in charge, not us. Meditation helps as long as it does not lead to overthinking. Take the feelings and attitudes you have and get during meetings and when reading spiritual-based literature out into the world and share them with everyone.</p><p id="3f60">This is the very simple answer to the question “Why do I feel so good in meetings and so lousy outside of them.” I was advised by my wise sponsors when I arrived in the Program and asked why I still suffered highs and lows in my emotional life, sometimes even more severe than before I arrived.</p><p id="e693">It was because I was not practicing these simple suggestions and humbly asking for help and then stepping back and letting go.</p><p id="990f">They all agreed that I should immediately figure out where I was not working my Program properly. The answer was ALWAYS because I was not working the 3rd Step in all my affairs.</p><p id="df01">In Step 3, I turned my will and my life over to the care of God, as I understood Him. When I got back in the world, I would take back parts of my life that I would pick and choose. “Just once wouldn’t hurt me!”</p><p id="f8f8">Nowhere in Step 3 or anywhere else in the Program is it said that I could take back a part of my life from God, just because it may be uncomfortable or no one will ever know.</p><p id="d85f">The truth is that I WOULD KNOW AND SO WOULD MY HIGHER POWER!</p><p id="f7f2">Thank you, God!</p><p id="075b">Please comment to let me know if you sa

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Stress is real. Stress can be all-consuming. But, it doesn’t have to be unless we ALLOW it to. Stress is also a big indication of fear. Fear is the core of ALL character defects.

“I’m not afraid for me, but I am for my family. I have always done it myself. Now I am not allowed to do anything that takes me close to others because of ‘social distancing.’”

The AA 3rd Step is: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him”

We learn in our early spiritual approach to everyday life that working the 3rd step, whether or not we are alcoholic, really working it because we believe it, takes the fears away and replaces them with peace, hope, joy, and happiness.

We also find that not working on the 3rd step is one way to find despair and misery at the end of the road. Working the 3rd step does not only mean that it works for us personally but also for our thoughts and attitudes toward the people around us because we only have control over ourselves.

How do you work the 3rd Step? Glad you asked. I personally like the shortened version of Step 3. I do it several times a day. This is simply and humbly saying “God, help me” and then stepping back, getting out of His way, and letting Him.

All that you can do is work your own program, show by example what you believe should be done, and pray, as the 11th step says, “only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.”

Prayer helps as long as we know that God is in charge, not us. Meditation helps as long as it does not lead to overthinking. Take the feelings and attitudes you have and get during meetings and when reading spiritual-based literature out into the world and share them with everyone.

This is the very simple answer to the question “Why do I feel so good in meetings and so lousy outside of them.” I was advised by my wise sponsors when I arrived in the Program and asked why I still suffered highs and lows in my emotional life, sometimes even more severe than before I arrived.

It was because I was not practicing these simple suggestions and humbly asking for help and then stepping back and letting go.

They all agreed that I should immediately figure out where I was not working my Program properly. The answer was ALWAYS because I was not working the 3rd Step in all my affairs.

In Step 3, I turned my will and my life over to the care of God, as I understood Him. When I got back in the world, I would take back parts of my life that I would pick and choose. “Just once wouldn’t hurt me!”

Nowhere in Step 3 or anywhere else in the Program is it said that I could take back a part of my life from God, just because it may be uncomfortable or no one will ever know.

The truth is that I WOULD KNOW AND SO WOULD MY HIGHER POWER!

Thank you, God!

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