AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
July 5, 2024
Perfect Ideals
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. The
remaining eleven Steps state perfect ideals. They are goals toward which
we look, and the measuring sticks by which we estimate our progress.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 68
Thought to Ponder . . .
Give me the courage to be imperfect.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H U M A N = Humbly Understanding Mistakes Are Necessary.
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