From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... restraint.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
2.
... restraint.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
3.
... restraint has
become automatic.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
For we can neither think
nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.
4.
... restraint, honest
analysis of what is involved, ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when
the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.
5.
... restraint of
tongue and pen.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
6.
... restraint paid
off was startling.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
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