Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt... As Bill Sees It pp 15
When I first discovered that there is not a single "don't" in the Twelve Steps of AA, I was disturbed because this discovery swung open a giant portal. Only then was I able to realize what AA is for me:
AA is not a program of "don't"s, but of "do"s.
AA is not martial law; it is freedom.
AA is not tears over defects, but sweat over fixing them.
AA is not penitence; it is salvation.
AA is not "Woe to me" for my sins, past and present.
AA is "Praise God" for the progress I am making today.
