FIRST, THE FOUNDATION

Practicing the A.A. program is like building  a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking.
 

But it's pretty uncomfortable living on a concrete slab, unprotected and exposed to the heat, cold, wind and rain. So I built a room on the slab by starting to practice the program.
 

 The first room was rickety because I wasn't used to the work. But as time passed, as I practiced the program, I learned to build better rooms.
 

 The more I practiced, and the more I built, the more comfortable, and happy, was the home I now have to live in.