The Big book talks about us being like actor, who wants to be a director, basically!  I know I tend to fit the role over and over again.  Acceptance, we hear is the key.  We can only control ourselves and our actions. 

Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way.   ...Our actor is self-centered...
The Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, William G. Wilson, Chapter 5, "How It Works", page 60.

First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children.
The Big Book, 3rd Edition, William G. Wilson, Chapter 5, How It Works, page 62.

Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
The Big Book, 3rd Edition, William G. Wilson, page 100.

How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.   ...how well does it actually work?
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, William Wilson, page 37.

 "...apply these principles in all our affairs."