BLOCK in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

blindly

blindness

blissful

BLOCK occurs 3 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

blocked

blocking

blood

... block. 12&12 p.123, Step Twelve

But now we see ourselves as chips off the same old block.

... block our path toward these objectives. 12&12 p.76, Step Seven

We have seen that character defects based upon shortsighted or unworthy desires are the obstacles that block our path toward these objectives.

... block to true progress. 12&12 p.49, Step Four

For pride, leading to self-justification, and always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress.

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