From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DOMINATE occurs
5 times
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1.
... dominate or
rule those about us in ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
We no
longer strive to
dominate or
rule those about
us in
order to
gain self-
importance.
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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