From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DIRECTIVE occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... directive and
enforce obedience, our friends gasp ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our
Society has no
president having
authority to
govern it, no
treasurer who can
compel the
payment of any
dues, no
board of
directors who can
cast an
erring member into
outer darkness, when
indeed no
A.A. can
give another a
directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and
exclaim, "This
simply can't
be.
2.
... directive to
an A.A. member and make ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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