From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... relationships are
dead.
BB p.82,
Into Action
2.
... relationships (including
sex) were hurt or threatened.
BB p.64,
How It Works
In most cases it was found
that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships (including
sex) were hurt or threatened.
3.
... relationships, we
couldn't control our emotional natures, ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we
couldn't control our emotional natures, we
were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness,
we were full of fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't seem
to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we
should see newsreels of lunar flight?
4.
... relationships which
bring continuous or recurring trouble.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
To take inventory in this
respect we ought to consider carefully all
personal relationships
which bring continuous
or recurring trouble.
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