Step 3 Basics
This step is about making a what?
What is a decision?
Step 3 asks us to let go of this illusion.
What is control?
Step 3 allows for a God “as we ___ Him.”
What is understood?
In Step 3, we turn over our lives and our what?
What is will?
“We decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our ___.”
What is Director?
Step 3 suggests turning our will and our lives over to this.
What is the care of God as we understood Him?
Letting go in Step 3 is often compared to doing this with outcomes.
What is surrendering?
AA encourages each member to define their own idea of this.
What is a Higher Power?
Self-will run riot is described as a cause of this.
What is suffering or chaos?
“The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on ___ will can hardly be a success.”
What is self?
True or False: Step 3 requires full understanding of God.
What is false?
Letting go is not passive—it’s paired with this kind of action.
What is willingness?
Some people use this acronym to define GOD.
What is Group Of Drunks
Trying to control everything is often called “playing ___.”
What is God?
This prayer is commonly associated with Step 3.
What is the Third Step Prayer?
This foundational action is needed before doing Step 3.
What is completing Steps 1 and 2?
This emotion often blocks willingness to let go.
What is fear?
Name one alternative Higher Power some members use besides "God."
What is nature, the AA group, love, the universe, etc.?
Turning over your will means becoming willing to follow this.
What is spiritual guidance or God's will?
“Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show.” This metaphor is from which AA book?
What is the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous?
This common AA tool symbolizes letting go and turning it over.
What is a God Box?
A phrase often used in AA for letting go is “Let go and ___.”
What is let God?
The purpose of finding a Higher Power is to help with this specific behavior.
What is self-will or addiction?
The opposite of control in Step 3 is this spiritual principle.
What is surrender?
“We had to quit playing ___.”
What is God?