Wednesday

Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will...

AA’s 

Third Step Prayer

The first step of AA (Or AlAnan for that matter) is powerlessness. It is the step without which you stay stuck. the second, coming to believe that a Power Greater than yourself can restore you to sanity. In the third step you make a decision to turn your will and live over to God as you understand Him.  4, 5 6 and 7 an examination of conscience and confession, and the making of amends. 10 is continuing to examine yourself to stay current. 11 is prayer and meditation, deepening your connection with God and 12 is carrying the message to other alcoholics “and practicing these principles in all our affairs.”  It’s actually a prefect blueprint for life. There’s a great book which is a history of AA by a guy names Ernest Kurtz called Not-God. He is not  alcoholic but his premise I think is right on -  that AA is founded on the proposition that the alcoholic is not God. And here we  are back at Step One....