From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ENFORCE occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... enforce obedience,
our friends gasp and exclaim, ...
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.
... enforce obedience
to necessary rules and regulations?
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Did anyone ever
hear of a
society which couldn't somehow
discipline its members and
enforce obedience to
necessary
rules and
regulations?
3.
... enforce upon
the rest of mankind some ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
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