Originally Posted by
quest7 
Thanks a lot. I did feel like, no matter how I approached this, it was my flaud thinking. Also, they said not to read the 12x12 until a while after working the steps.
I would agree with that. It was very enlightening AFTER taking the steps. One of it's most useful aspects is the way it discusses different approaches to the steps for different people and it was very useful in deepening my understanding in a way that would be useful when working with others. An example would be step two where it discusses a number of ways an individual might look at this step, depending on their point of view. Not all of these applied to me.
But at the start it can be a distraction. It discusses a lot of things I had no experience of. You've heard of analysis paralysis?