From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... obliged in
some cases still to say, ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to
ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
2.
... obliged to
admit that our justification for ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to
admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened.
3.
... obliged to
admit that they prefer to ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
But even these people, if
they construct a list of
still milder defects, will be obliged to admit that they prefer to hang on to some of
them.
4.
... obliged to
choose between the pains of ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
5.
... obliged to
conform to group opinion.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
One of the first members of A.A., entirely contrary to his
own desires, was obliged to conform to group opinion.
6.
... obliged to
discharge him for drinking, though ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
I had been obliged to discharge him for drinking, though he was brilliant, alert, and one of the best organizers I have ever known.
7.
... obliged to
put him away.
BB p.110,
To Wives
8.
... obliged to
separate for a time until ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Husbands and wives have
sometimes been obliged to
separate for a time until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.
9.
... obliged to
talk to this man on ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
10.
... obliged to
tell your husband's employer and ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband's employer and his friends
that he was sick, when as a matter of fact he was tight.
11.
... obliged to
treat father as a sick ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
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