“On one proposition, however, these men and women are strikingly agreed. Every one of them has gained access to, and believes in, a Power greater than himself.” (Chapter 4, Big Book)
How many plates can you spin? Plates really should not be spun, that’s the whole problem. Rather than trying to lots of plates, I now reduce myself to one plate: God-reliance. All of the other plates can be accommodated on that one plate. Secondly, I stop spinning the plate. The spinning comes from trying to hold more than one plate at a time. When one has one plate, one can simply hold it.