From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... domination, I
would never again darken the ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had the effect of making me resolve that when
I was free from parental
domination, I would never again darken the doors of a church.
2.
... domination or
dependence.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Even when our fortunes had
not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy
kind of domination or dependence.
3.
... domination or
revulsion in the protectors themselves ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection,
and love can only invite
domination or revulsion
in the protectors themselves -- two emotions quite as unhealthy as the demands
which evoked them.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
The A.A. Preamble, copyright ©
The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or
endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.