Clear instructions on how to do Step3 are on pg 62 BB. "This is the how and why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be be our Director."
For most of my life I did what I felt was right. I was stubborn and behaved like I had all the answers for everything including alcoholism. But alcohol became my master. I was the slave to a chemical. It dictated how I lived and nearly took my life. The more I fought the more I lost and eventually succumbed to the reality that I was an alcoholic. I took 3 steps to get sober. I admitted I had no power, believed in a higher power and decided to let that power direct my life. I would have died and become a statistic if I had not done this. The same thing that the 1st hundred people did. What happened as a result of this? The first thing I found was I did not need willpower to stay sober. I stayed sober naturally as if I did not drink alcohol in my life. There is a prayer on pg 63 BB, which I had used, to take this step. I found that God does not make too harsh a terms for those who seek Him honestly. This was the biggest stumbling block for me, because of pride [intellectual rationalisation] and worship of other things [job, money,car etc]. My rockbottom ensured my taking this step sincerely. Beyond rockbottom for me would have meant death for sure.