From the beginning in Akron, sponsorship has been a crucial part of AA practice and progress, and it was the topic of the meeting. In AA, we focus on the importance of sponsorship for spiritual growth. The relationship is very spiritual, but it can be practical and occasionally amusing. At our meeting, one of the […]
step 3
In My Way and In My Way
The meeting topic was Step #3, “turning our will and our lives over to the care of God.”
An AA sister opened with a puzzle, “in my way, was in my way.”
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PPL. Pause Pray and Listen.
This simple
admonition is Bill Wilson’s advice and direction on Step Three. In the last paragraph of the Chapter on Step
Three in the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions, he finally tells us how to
do Step Three.