From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PROTECTIVE occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... protective mantle
which covers our whole Society ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As we
lay aside these very
human aspirations, we
believe that each of us
takes
part in the
weaving of a
protective mantle which
covers our
whole Society and under which we may
grow and
work in
unity.
2.
... protective parents.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had
failed to see that though
adult in
years we were still
behaving childishly,
trying to
turn everybody --
friends,
wives,
husbands, even the
world itself -- into
protective
parents.
3.
... 'protective' regulations.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
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