Big Book of AA 12-Step — What is it like?
Imagine yourself in the kitchen to make a piece of toast. You have everything you need. But when you push down the lever to lower the bread into the toaster, nothing happens. You have done every correctly, so you double check — bread, butter, jam, knife, plate and you see that everything is in place. But there is one item missing. You have no power to make the toaster work. After a brief ah ha moment you plug the toaster in and shortly thereafter enjoy your toast. The 12-Step process is similar to making toast in one respect, you have to plug into a power source, and when you do, everything can start to work. We believe that people are not meant to be alone, to handle the everyday challenges of life. It follows that people are certainly not meant to be alone during the very hard times. Whatever the power source, it is vital to the process. Big Book of AA 12-Step History To appreciate the roots of the Big Book of AA 12-Step program we need to spend a moment to look into the personal hi
