On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:15:02 GMT, Ron <can@the.spam> wrote:

>I take what I can use, and leave the rest.

That's fine.

>nor do I place any stock in steps 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, or 12.

Has it occurred to you that you might be working Steps 2 and 12 just
by being there? Possibly even 3 as well. A difficulty many have is
"reading between the lines". This is probably not helped by so many
others doing the same thing.

Step 2: Came to believe that there is a solution (why the hell else
would I keep coming back? Just for fellowship?? Certainly not, in my
case.)

For the early days:
Step 12: I found it helpful to see regular faces, whether I spoke to
them or not.

>Interestingly, this leaves me with six
>steps, which is apparently where Bill was originally headed.

Right, but the 6 Steps he had are not the same as the 6 Steps you may
have come up with by process of elimination of those that seem
inconvenient.

>Apparently, it's a lot easier for athiests to address alcoholism.

As an agnostic I demonstrably found it much more straightforward than
most religious newcomers I encounter.

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Blue Moon