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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... pressure.   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
Under these conditions your prospect will see he is under no pressure.

2.
... pressure and coercion to do the right ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
At this stage of our progress we are under heavy pressure and coercion to do the right thing.


3.
... pressure and difficulty.   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty.

4.
... pressure group, if it is strong enough, ...   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Every such pressure group, if it is strong enough, self-righteously imposes its will upon the rest.

5.
... pressure of that fat treasury would surely ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.


6.
... pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured ...   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.


7.
... pressure, that he needn't see you again ...   BB p.94, Working With Others   Go to page 94 in the Big Book
Make it clear that he is not under pressure, that he needn't see you again if he doesn't want to.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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