“New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.’s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.” (Foreword to the Second Edition)
The Book is amazingly powerful. Submitting to its contents
and the actions it instructs, particularly with a sponsor, reading line by line
and receiving their input on each line, is like lying down in front of a
steamroller.
I start reading, and the steamroller nips my feet, which
become caught under the wheel. Gradually I’m crunched, bone by bone, little by
little, until the steamroller inches up and my eyes pop out.
The Book and its contents are way bigger than me, and I’m
best off becoming lost in its ideas and actions.