Topic: The Step 3 Decision - Tim M

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🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tim M from London is speaking in Pottsville New South Whales Australia on the Step Three Decision. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Next AA Event: If you are in Florida soon the Way of Life Conference is coming up June 10th at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens. Details: https://scast.us/wol AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast
0:11.8	format.
0:12.8	We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening please help us be self-supporting by visiting
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0:22.4	We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.
0:28.2	My name is Tenlon Lafayette, the reading perhaps unconventionally for Step 3 is from Bill's story.
0:36.5	There I humbly offered myself to God as I then understood him, to do with me as he would.
0:42.7	I placed myself unreservedly under his care and direction.
0:46.7	I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing but without him I was lost.
0:53.0	I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my newfound friend take them away,
0:58.9	root and branch. I have not had a drink since.
1:05.0	A little bit of background about me before I get on to Step 3.
1:10.5	It's always good to know that a bit of the context of the person that's yacking at you.
1:16.7	Also, it's possible there are people in their early days who haven't yet taken the steps.
1:24.2	They're not sure if AA is for them and who may not have taken Step 1 and 2.
1:30.4	Step 3 makes no sense without 1 and 2.
1:33.6	So I have to mention 1 and 2.
1:39.3	I'm from London, my home group is the Brick Lane, big book study, which tells you
1:46.2	what you need to know. It does
1:50.2	Brick Lane and we study that I wanted it changed a few years ago to a big book experience.
1:58.0	Because I don't like the idea we're just studying the book like it's a textbook.
2:01.3	It is a textbook but the point is to then learn what over the textbook is teaching you and
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