My posts are my opinion and not the opinion of any program. Probably the most important part of changing in recovery is putting the steps into my life. Of course people will read the steps and talk their sponsor. I do that and it is very important.
It does say in the big book that we should read the steps and find what they mean to us. This is something we will need to learn over time. We will need to look to ourselves to apply the steps to situations in our lives. For me turning it over in the 3rd step has to include my thinking, my feelings, my opinions, my judgement and everything. What I am really turning over is control over the outcome of situations. Of course I m very responsible for the efffort in situations but the result has to be up to God.
Prior to coming into program and having the 3rd step, I thought the world revolved around me. When something happened I didn’t agree with I got very bent out of shape. If things didn’t go the way I wanted I got very very frustrated. I thought I knew all the answers to how the world should be spinning. The only way I saw the world was through my own viewpoint with blinders on.
It says in the big book “we had to quit playing God” . We gave up control over things we could not control anyway. God is controlling the world. I want to live my life with peace and sanity. I moved away from my master plan and wanted to contribute to life. (and to make own life better)
It is a great freedom to not have to run the world. Now I can try to have a life with health and sanity.
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