Here's the first three steps in plain English:
1) alcohol will kill me
2) there is a power greater than me that wants me to live.
3) do I want to live or die?? If I want to die,stop here.
Here's something to think about on the second step:
Came to believe...... Not something intended to sit on the second step until we fully believe.we make a decision we believe in a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity( the insanity that the bb talks about is the insanity that we can drink like them so called normal people- we can have no I'll effects from having justan few drinks- we can have a couple and we away no problem).
We come to believe by continueing on with the steps....in order. Then we have a spiritual awakening and MUST continue practicing these principles and NOT rest on our laurels or we are headed for trouble, and I personally proved that true. Not to the point of drinking, but really dammed close.