On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:17:34 -0000, "JB" <JBCatRB@coldman.com> wrote:

>"r+p rosie" <readandpostNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:HiUKb.64750$fq1.33335@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...

>> Abstinence, honesty, and the willingness "to turn it over" are
>> the only ways to fight the Four Horsemen of mind-affecting
>> chemicals: Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, and Despair.
>>
>> Let me know that the battle is no longer mine if I practice
>> the Third Step to the best of my ability.
>
>As far as I understand the Steps, Step 3 does not address either the
>subject of abstinence or honesty. If my thinking is wrong, I hope
>that someone will explain why this is so.

Doesn't mention anything about "turning it over" either.

Sometimes amazes me how AAs can complicate this stuff. I had a
discussion last night with a guy who insisted that the second step is
somehow defining "insanity". I've still no idea how he could possibly
reach such a conclusion, but if it keeps him sober to think of Step 1
that way, I guess that's okay.

--
Blue Moon