How it Works (Continued)
 
J: You know, in the early days--and we were talking to some people who were in the program many, many years ago, in Akron, Paul, a good friend, who's probably been
around forty-six, forty-seven years. He said what they did on a Twelfth Step call in the early days--and you can see where this came from--in the early days of A.A. when they
went out on a Twelfth Step call, they would make a visit, and tell you their story .
They would tell you about their alcoholism. Then you could see yourself, your First Step in them. You could say, oh, I'm powerless. By listening to them tell their story, you could find yourself in their lives. This is what a Twelfth Step call is all about. They would
convince the person that he's powerless over alcohol through setting down, talking with him, and telling their story. Then they would say, can we come back and see you later
on?
He says, yes. They would come back the next time, and on the next visit, they would talk to him a little bit about God, and see if he believed in God, or he had some concepts to start with. And if he did, then they would take him to
A.A. They would really do Steps One and Two on a Twelfth Step call. And when you came to A. A. you started on Step Three. That's where the program started.
Now our book--they (Bill W and the original fellowship) were not going to see us. So the front of our book had to do Steps One and Two. The front of the first four chapters and The Doctor's Opinion had to carry the information for the reader to come to those two conclusions. If you have that, then you are now at Step Three. This is the first step of recovery, this Step Three.
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