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

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RELATIONSHIPS   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... relationships are dead.   BB p.82, Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
Sweet relationships are dead.


2.
... relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 52 in the Big Book
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.


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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