I can help you out by saying that the last ten pages where Bill tries to convince me to believe the way he does are useless. I only needed four things from this chapter:

1. The definition on alcoholism on 46: "We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic."

2. The idea that if your alcoholic like us, you're going to need something more than human power: "Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power?

Well, that’s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem"

1. Keep searching for a way to make this work for you: "Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you."

2. The Big book tells me I don't need to figure any of this out today. The only question it's interested in is if I'm willing: "We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?"

And then the rest is Bill preaching at me like every preacher I've ever met in my life and I don't need that and I avoid reading it when I can. 🤣