Made a decision to turn our will and our lives

over to the care of God as we understood Him

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Riddle: Three frogs sat on a log. One frog decided to jump in the water.

How many frogs are on the log? (Answer below)

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We stopped talking about the using aspect on page 45. Since then, through the course of the Big Book, we’re talking about the MIND and how it works for us – AGAINST US! Armed with this information we realize the powerlessness and the fact that it comes from our decision making. So we turn our WILL and our LIVES over to this Power Greater than ourselves (that’s actually within us) to take care of the Problem for us.

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We’re going to make a decision,

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that’s part of it. To do what? To turn our Will and our Life over to the care (and direction) of God, as we understand him. What is our Will and Life? Our Will is our thinking, and our Life is our actions.

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Our Will is our thinking

Our Life is our actions

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We’re going to make a decision to let God direct our thinking and our actions in Step 3. We haven’t done that yet, but we’re becoming willing to do that.

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I’ve always heard a lot of people say one of the most misunderstood steps in the Big Book is Step 4, and I’ll agree with that. But I don’t think Step 4 is any more misunderstood than Step 3 is. I hear people today say, “I’ve been in AA about 5 years, my life’s still all screwed up and I don’t understand why ‘cause I turned it over to God three years ago when I took Step 3”. Now,

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We don’t turn anything over to God in Step 3.

We make a decision to do something in Step 3,

and the decision itself implies we’re going to take some further action to carry it out.

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We average 5000 thoughts per day.

Imagine trying not to USE, and if successful, not harm ourselves or others

which might make us want to use. A daunting task.

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Want to know more? Please contact us so you can be enlightened.

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Answer to Riddle: THREE. The frog only made a decision – he did not ACT on it.

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