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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RULE occurs
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1.
... rule?
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
But are there no
exceptions to this
rule?
2.
... rule.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Live and let
live is the
rule.
3.
... rule.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
4.
... rule.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
5.
... Rule #62."
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
6.
... rule can
be given.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Here no
specific rule can
be
given.
7.
... rule can
be laid down.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Obviously, no
rule can be
laid down.
8.
... rule is
not to avoid a place ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
So our
rule is not to
avoid a
place where there is
drinking, if we have a
legitimate reason for
being there.
9.
... rule is
we must be hard on ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
The
rule is we
must be
hard on ourself, but always
considerate of others.
10.
... rule of
any sort, we have often ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Though there may be
justifiable exceptions, and though we
wish to
lay down no
rule of any
sort, we have often
found this the
best course to take.
11.
... rule of
iron or by a constant ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What
happens when we
try to
dominate the
whole family, either by a
rule of
iron or by a
constant outpouring of
minute directions for just how their
lives should be
lived from
hour to
hour?
12.
... rule, one
of two directions.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
At the
beginning of
recovery a
man will take, as a
rule, one of
two directions.
13.
... rule, the
average newcomer wanted his family ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
14.
... rule their
fellows.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
We have also seen
men and
women who go
power-
mad, who
devote themselves to
attempting to
rule their
fellows.
15.
... rule, therefore
nonalcoholic.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
By every
form of
self-
deception and
experimentation, they will
try to
prove themselves
exceptions to the
rule,
therefore
nonalcoholic.
16.
... rule those
about us in order to ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
We no
longer strive to
dominate or
rule those about
us in
order to
gain self-
importance.
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