“Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.” — Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) · Chapter 2 · There Is a Solution
From Chapter 2, where the book levels with the reader about the cost of the solution before selling its rewards.
Refreshing honesty from a recruitment pitch: almost nobody liked it. The inventory, the swallowed pride, the saying-it-out-loud — the founders disliked it exactly as much as you do. They did it anyway, which is the entire difference. Comfort was never on the menu; freedom was. If you’re dreading a step, you’re not doing it wrong. You’re in the majority of everyone who ever got free.
Step 6 · Willingness