2-23 (page 53, para. 2, lines 1-5) “When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self- imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn’t. What was our choice to be?” (A.A., p. 53, para. 2, lines Now, it’s time to choose. Are we willing to concede that there is ab Power greater than ourselves?” If we are, we’re ready to take the Second Step. In the second paragraph on page 47, we find the directions: