nakur
Our book has a section of stories under the heading of; "They nearly lost all". Many did not have to lose everything to see they had a problem and needed a solution.
Some of us have had to hit a bottom..For me I crashed through the bottom floor of the elvator...However because the tradition states "the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop" there are amny who stopped because they knew they were headed for a dark place....Many of my friendas here did not hit bottoms..many suffered what is described as a high bottom...It really doesn't matter how a person gets here..What matters most is the journey upon arrival.