Originally Posted by
keithj 
Although I agree with your view (not that it matters), technically, the original Fellowship didn't use the BB either. Rather, they passed on from person to person the experience of the actions they took to recover.
It's still the most powerful message in all of AA. 'Here are the Steps we took.' Here is what we did to recover.
LOL Keith! Of course they didn't. But the Big Book contains what they did. It is the written version of the steps they took, which is the only guide we have today. The book was written so that they could share that with those of us who did not have access to them:
"We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics
precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book."
"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny."
Thanks for pointing out that detail!