From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... dominate or
rule those about us in ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
2.
... dominate the
whole family, either by a ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What happens when we try to
dominate the whole family, either by a rule of iron or by a constant outpouring of
minute directions for
just how their lives should
be lived from hour to hour?
3.
... dominate them.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
4.
... dominate those
about us, or we had ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or we had
insisted on being overdependent upon them.
5.
... dominate us,
and insist upon ruling our ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Powerfully, blindly,
many times subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives.
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