PLOP, PLOP IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO SEEK RELIEF -
"At this point,
we begin to feel
the pain of living with-
out drugs or anything to
replace them. The pain for-
ces us to seek a Power great-
er than ourselves that can
relieve our obsession
to use." (The Big
Book, p. 63)
THE THIRD STEP PRAYER - part II
"Take away
my difficulties,
that victory over
them may bear wit-
ness to those I would
help of Thy Power,Thy
Love, and Thy Way
of life. May I do Thy
will always!" (Over-
eaters Anon.,
p. 13)
"To pity
distress is
but human; to
relieve it is Godlike."
- Horace Mann (1796 - 1859) U.S., education reformer for public schools
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.