From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESTRUCTIVE occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... destructive behavior,
whether the destruction fell on ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
2.
... destructive drinking.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Alcoholics especially should be able to see that
instinct run wild in themselves is the
underlying cause of their
destructive drinking.
3.
... destructive drinking
that only an act of ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
It is
truly awful to
admit that,
glass in
hand, we have
warped our
minds into such an
obsession for
destructive drinking that only an
act of
Providence can
remove
it from us.
4.
... destructive handicaps.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
5.
... destructive obsessions
until we are willing to ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It
seems plain that the
grace of
God will not
enter to
expel our
destructive obsessions until
we are
willing to
try this.
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