Parallel Passages in the Big Book and 12&12:
If you have decided you want what we have and are
willing to go to any length to get it—then you are
ready to take certain steps.
At some of these we balked. We thought we could
find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With
all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to
be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of
us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result
was nil until we let go absolutely.
BB 58 How It Works
Every man and woman who has joined A.A.
and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a
beginning on Step Three. Isn't it true that in all matters
touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his
or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of
Alcoholics Anonymous? Already a willingness has been achieved
to cast out one's own will and one's own ideas about the
alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
T&T 35 Step Three
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