From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... horse-and-buggy stuff,
something appropriate to A.A.'s pioneering ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
With perfectly good intent, these folks declared that the principle of anonymity
was horse-and-buggy stuff, something appropriate to A.A.'s pioneering days.
2.
... horse; we
shall be pulled backward into ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
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