“One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. This we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort.” (Chapter 2, Big Book)
To solve a problem requires the following:
- I must have a problem
- I must know I have a problem
- I must know that you are not the problem
- I must know that I am the problem
- I must know that I do not have the solution to the problem
- I must know that someone else does have the solution to the problem
- I must want the solution to the problem more than the price to be paid for the solution