There is a Solution (Continued)
J: The miracle of it was that all these things came together. Bill said, I was an instrument. Bill didn't create any of these. Bill didn't - none of these concepts originated in Bill Wilson. Bill said he was a vessel that gathered these three things. The problem from Dr. Silkworth, the solution from Dr. Carl Jung, and the recovery planned program of action
from the Oxford Groups and mated them together in his mind to produce the Twelve Steps of recovery in the program of "Alcoholics Anonymous."
This is the miracle of "Alcoholics Anonymous," that these things came from all over the world into one man's mind to be put into this book.
C: Surely there was a power greater than ourselves that had something to do with how this information was finally gathered and put into Bill's mind itself. On page twenty-eight, bottom of the page.
J: Remember at the bottom of the page we see an asterisk on page twenty-seven. At the bottom of the page it says, 'For
amplification--see Appendix II.' again it's asking you to be sure you read that.
C: On page twenty-eight, bottom of the page it says: (p. 28, par. 5: p. 29, par. 1-2) 'In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic. Many who once were in this class are now among our members. Surprisingly (top of p. 29) enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience.'
'Further on, clear-cut direction. are given showing how we recovered.'
Again we see words which do not deal with generalities. We've looked at "specific." We've looked at "precise," and now we look at a reference to "clear-cut directions." Bill, remember, was an alcoholic just like we are. I'm almost sure at the end of this chapter, Bill probably sat back and thought about what he had written up to this point.
He thought about The Doctor's Opinion. He thought about his own story. Through those two he could say to himself, in Chapter Two I've shown them what the problem really is.
Then he could say to himself , I've shown them the solution to the problem, the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and the vital spiritual experience.
But then he could also say to himself that they're not going to like this thing any more than I do, that they're not going to like the idea of the vital spiritual experience, that many of them are
going to have an aversion to it just exactly like I did.
So then he says to himself, well, maybe I better explain to them a little bit more about what the problem really is. And when he made that statement: (p. 28, par. 5) 'In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of
alcoholism, a. we understand it... '
