STEP THREE -
"Made a decision
to turn our will and our
lives over to the care of
God, as we under-
stood Him."
THE DILEMMA -
"Faith, to be sure,
is necessary, but faith
alone can avail nothing.
We can have faith, yet keep
God [or our Higher Power]
out of our lives. Therefore
our problem now becomes
just how and by what spe-
cific means shall we be
able to let Him in?"
(12 & 12, p. 34)
THE SOLUTION -
"In Step Three,
we put our belief in
a Higher Power into ac-
tion, making a decision to
turn our will and our lives
over to the care of the God of
our understanding. Essential
to working the Third Step is
our willingness to allow the
God [or HP] of our under-
standing to work in our
lives." (It Works,
How & Why,
p. 19)
"What we
achieve inwardly
will change outer reality."
-Plutarch (AD 46 β after AD 119) Greek Philosopher
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.