From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FORCED occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... forced feeding
on humble pie, it now ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
2.
... forced to
become the mother of an ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Very
gradually, and usually without any
realization of the
fact,
the
wife is
forced to
become the
mother of an
erring boy.
3.
... forced to
learn something about humility.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
It was only by
repeated humiliations that we were
forced to
learn something about
humility.
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