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bluidkiti · 09-01-2013, 11:29 AM

Bill W. writes the 12 Steps

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

09-01-2013, 11:29 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,570	Bill W. writes the 12 Steps Bill W. writes the 12 Steps 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 __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.