When an alcoholic finally makes it to AA he or she is in the bottom of a self dug grave.
The goal is to climb out of the grave by using the ladder that is lowered down to you.
The ladder has twelve rungs. The ladder is the spiritual program of AA and the rungs are the steps. The disease is the shovel. So put the shovel down and grasp, firmly grasp step one rung and have your sponsor help you do that.