From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ROMANCE occurs
5 times
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1.
... romance.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
And even while
staying within conventional bounds, many people have to
admit that their
imaginary
sex excursions are
apt to be all
dressed up as
dreams of
romance.
2.
... romance.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
For
thousands of
years
we have been
demanding more than our
share of
security,
prestige, and
romance.
3.
... romance, and
for family satisfactions -- all these ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
4.
... romance, friendship,
health -- these things are now ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the
head of the
house has
spent years in
pulling down the
structures of
business,
romance,
friendship,
health -- these things are now
ruined or
damaged.
5.
... romance, or
self-importance.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
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