Carol87
12-15-2005, 10:19 AM
Guidance
From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous:"
"I Bill W. was in this anything-but-spiritual mood on
the night in December 1938 when the Twelve Steps
of Alcoholics Anonymous were written.? I was sore
and tired clear through. I lay in bed at 182 Clinton Street
with pencil in hand and with a tablet of scratch paper
on my knee.? I could not get my mind on the job, much
less put my heart in it.? But here was one of those things
that had to be done....
"Finally I started to write.? I set out to draft more than
six steps used by Oxford Groups; how many more I
did not know.? I relaxed and asked for guidance.? With
a speed that was astonishing, considering my jangling
emotions, I completed the first draft.? It took perhaps
half an hour.? The words kept right on coming.? When
I reached a stopping point, I numbered the new steps.?
They added up to twelve."
c. 1957, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age,
? ? pages 160-161
~~~ from a daily e-mail ~~~
From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous:"
"I Bill W. was in this anything-but-spiritual mood on
the night in December 1938 when the Twelve Steps
of Alcoholics Anonymous were written.? I was sore
and tired clear through. I lay in bed at 182 Clinton Street
with pencil in hand and with a tablet of scratch paper
on my knee.? I could not get my mind on the job, much
less put my heart in it.? But here was one of those things
that had to be done....
"Finally I started to write.? I set out to draft more than
six steps used by Oxford Groups; how many more I
did not know.? I relaxed and asked for guidance.? With
a speed that was astonishing, considering my jangling
emotions, I completed the first draft.? It took perhaps
half an hour.? The words kept right on coming.? When
I reached a stopping point, I numbered the new steps.?
They added up to twelve."
c. 1957, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age,
? ? pages 160-161
~~~ from a daily e-mail ~~~