As to our grandiose behaviour, we insisted that we had been possessed of nothing but a high and legitimate ambition to win the battle of life. (Step 12)True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. (Step 12)Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior? Isn't it true that we like to let greed masquerade as ambition? (Step 6)
According to this, ambition is a character defect. What a relief! It means I don't need to buy into the standard mores of civilisation.
It's OK simply to live, to seek to be useful, and recognise my place in relation to others and God.