From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FORCE occurs
8 times
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1.
... force.
BB p.137,
To Employers
She
wanted to
know if her
husband's
company insurance was still in
force.
2.
... force at
all, hold the Fellowship of ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
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
6.
... force of
their cooperation has certainly helped.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
The
force of their
cooperation has
certainly helped.
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
If he does not
want to see you,
never force yourself upon him.
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