From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BLOCKED occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... blocked a
partnership relation with any one ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
This
self-
centered behavior blocked a
partnership relation
with any one of those about us.
2.
... blocked the
entry of God -- or, if ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the
remaining Steps,
Step Three calls for
affirmative action, for
it is only by
action that we can
cut away the
self-will which has
always
blocked the
entry of
God -- or, if you like, a
Higher Power -- into our
lives.
3.
... blocked you
off from Him.
BB p.71,
How It Works
We
hope you are
convinced
now that
God can
remove
whatever
self-will has
blocked
you off from Him.
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