Metaphor

I remember when I bought my first Big Book, I was told by an old timer that "meetings are the icing on the cake, but the Big Book is the meat in the sandwich."
The AA's who were standing around the literature table that night all nodded knowingly at this metaphor.
I realize now just how true those words are.

Walk softly and carry a Big Book.

B I G B O O K = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge