December 1949

First Things First!

The A. A. Grapevine wants to publish a series of short pieces explaining how the famous AA slogans and the 24-hour plan have helped so many AAs in so many places. Below are the first entries. Give us your interpretation, won't you?

EASY DOES IT!

AT FIRST I thought this meant just sit still and sobriety would be laid in my lap. But along about the 4th Step I began to realize that I had always been a guy who wanted my rewards before I was hardly well begun on the job. When they didn't come as and when I figured they should, I'd slack off, lose interest and usually leave things unfinished.