From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OBEDIENCE occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... obedience brings.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
So we of
A.A. do
obey spiritual principles,
first because we
must, and
ultimately because we
love
the
kind of
life such
obedience brings.
2.
... obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This ...
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.
3.
... 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?
4.
... obedience to
spiritual principles.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
5.
... obedience upon
the rest and to punish ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Doesn't
nearly every
society on
earth give authority to some of
its members to
impose obedience upon the
rest and to
punish or
expel offenders?
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