A Unilateral Approach

When my sponsees and I take Step Three, we read from the top of page 64 in the Big Book. The paragraph states: “Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.” For us, this is the inventory step. I tell each sponsee that I have unilaterally determined “at once” to be 48 hours from taking Step Three.