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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TENDS occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... tends to
be impotent.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
2.
... tends to
clear away morbidity and encourage ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
3.
... tends to
force his own will into ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the
best of
intentions, he
tends to
force his
own will into all
sorts of
situations and
problems with the
comfortable assurance
that he is
acting under
God's
specific direction.
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