From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DRIVE occurs
7 times
(
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1.
... drive by
mandate; they lead by example.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They do not
drive by
mandate; they
lead by
example.
2.
... drive for
success was on.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
The
drive for
success was
on.
3.
... drive into
the country and see one ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
Then I
decided to
drive
into the
country and see one of my
prospects for a
car.
4.
... drive long
distances to be present.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
5.
... drive to
drink was.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
This does not
mean that we
expect all our
character
defects to be
lifted out
of us as the
drive to
drink
was.
6.
... drive us
blindly, or we willfully demand ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they
drive us
blindly,
or we
willfully demand
that they
supply us with more
satisfactions or
pleasures than are
possible or
due us, that is
the
point at which we
depart from the
degree of
perfection that
God wishes for us here on
earth.
7.
... drive us,
dominate us, and insist upon ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
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