From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RESTRAINT occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... restraint.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
Our
first objective will
be the
development of
self-
restraint.
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
Nothing pays off like
restraint of
tongue and
pen.
6.
... restraint paid
off was startling.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
The way this
restraint paid
off was
startling.
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