From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... attempting to
bring it into agreement with ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
We had tried to bombard
our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement
with God's intention for
us.
2.
... attempting to
change his religious views, that ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Finally, he saw that I
wasn't attempting to change
his religious views,
that I wanted him to find
the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery.
3.
... attempting to
rule their fellows.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
We have also seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to
rule their fellows.
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