“This search for perfection, for the one Perfect
Answer, is the hallmark of the neurotic. Ever since
Eden, man has cried out: ‘Give me a ritual; give
me some word; give me a prayer; give me a chant;
give me a cross, a relic or a string of beads; give
me a mantra; give me a conundrum; give me
something; give me anything, just so long as it’s a
magical mechanical formula I can touch or hold
or say or do – and all will be well.
   To apply this same unrealistic yardstick to A.A.
is as unfair to the Fellowship as it would be, or has
been, to any other human institution. True freedom
lies in the realization and calm acceptance of the
fact that there may very well be no perfect answer.
It remains then for each man to discover and to
share whatever works for him.”

A Member’s Eye View of Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 23
World Services pamphlet P-41

Something powerful goes on whenever we direct ourselves towards accepting and cooperating with whatever is in our presence: we move closer to God's presence in all things.