The Head Center

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

-- 3rd step prayer

Step 3 was, is, and almost certainly always will be the hardest step for me to understand ... and to undertake. If you talk to a lot of folks in recovery, each might give you a different answer about how they approach their relationship with their higher power and what it is that power is guiding them towards. So I suppose one answer lies in the old adage to each his own.

Early on in my sobriety, I went along, searching and asking and questioning and guessing at what God's will was for me, without much satisfaction and with irregular results.

Finally I realized that I could borrow a simple idea from the big book, and it would apply in almost every situation.

God's will for me became this: to be of maximum service to God and to my fellows ...

This orientation keeps me on course. In this mindset, I can be a human being following a spiritual path. That keeps me right-sized and on target.

God bless you, izzy