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bluidkiti · 10-07-2014, 07:33 AM

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A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS

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I don’t have much faith in anything. How can I possible take Step Three, turn my will and my life over to the care of God—even “God as we understood Him” –when I’m having so much difficulty believing and trusting? Where do you people get your faith? Is it for real?

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You’re not alone in thinking you lack faith; many of us entered recovery feeling that way. But, in fact, we do have faith, even if we ourselves can’t see it yet: faith that this program can help us with the problem of our addictions.

Our willingness to try recovery is a significant beginning. By showing up, we’ve begun to take Step Three. Whatever our creed, or our refusal to embrace one, we do have the willingness to try this program. What eventually may come from this beginning is not something we have to worry about. The actions we take today are all we need concern ourselves with. In the present, our willingness to follow the program frees us from having to depend on an addiction.

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bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,587	---- 71 ---- A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS Newcomer I don’t have much faith in anything. How can I possible take Step Three, turn my will and my life over to the care of God—even “God as we understood Him” –when I’m having so much difficulty believing and trusting? Where do you people get your faith? Is it for real? Sponsor You’re not alone in thinking you lack faith; many of us entered recovery feeling that way. But, in fact, we do have faith, even if we ourselves can’t see it yet: faith that this program can help us with the problem of our addictions. Our willingness to try recovery is a significant beginning. By showing up, we’ve begun to take Step Three. Whatever our creed, or our refusal to embrace one, we do have the willingness to try this program. What eventually may come from this beginning is not something we have to worry about. The actions we take today are all we need concern ourselves with. In the present, our willingness to follow the program frees us from having to depend on an addiction. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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