The Twelve Steps of our AA program
are not crammed down anybody's throat.
They are not sustained by any human authority.
Yet we powerfully unite around them because the truth they contain
has saved our lives, has opened the door to a new world.
Our experience tells us these universal truths work.
The anarchy of the individual yields to their persuasion.
He sobers up and is fed, little by little,
to complete agreement with our simple fundamentals.
The Program was a dazzling gem being dangled before my eyes.
P R O G R A M = Prayer, Recovery, Open-mindedness, Gratitude, Reality, Acceptance, Meetings.
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