“Houston, we have a problem.”— Apollo 13
By the time we got here, we already knew the lights were off. Flipping the switch harder wasn’t working, and deep down we knew it never had. The real question wasn’t whether we needed power. It was whether we’d call the power company—or learn to live in the dark with this problem.
Doesn't calling on a Power company greater than ourselves means admitting we’d have to let go of our way?
Some alcoholics stall. They think about flipping the switch again. They try workarounds. They tell themselves they'll figure it out, that they don't need help, they're different, and there's a different way. That they'll handle it on their own. Is this confidence or is it more of the same will-power that failed in the first place?
We needed power greater than our own, hijacked, self-will.
That was our dilemma. Many asked, how do I find that connection, and at what cost to my image?
Well, that’s exactly what the Big Book is about. Its main object is to enable us to find a Power greater than ourselves that will solve our problem.
“That means we have written a book which we believe to be spiritual as well as moral. And it means, of course, that we are going to talk about God.”
What finally convinced you that this problem couldn’t be solved the way you solved other problems?
