From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... assert himself.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
2.
... assert himself
he could not, for his ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Even when he wanted to assert himself he could not, for
his drinking placed him
constantly in the wrong.
3.
... assert his
power of will.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers
are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.
4.
... assert that
they love everybody.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
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