From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... force.
BB p.137,
To Employers
2.
... force at
all, hold the Fellowship of ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
in unity and effectiveness?
3.
... force his
own will into all sorts ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the best of intentions, he tends to
force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction.
4.
... force of
circumstances, she was often obliged ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
5.
... force of
rules or laws, they had ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though none of these principles had the force of
rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they
were confirmed by our first International Conference held at Cleveland.
6.
... force of
their cooperation has certainly helped.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
7.
... force the
memory of the suffering and ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
We are unable, at certain
times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering
and humiliation of even
a week or a month ago.
8.
... force yourself
upon him.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
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