From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RELATION occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... relation damage other people and me?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
When, and how, and in just what
instances did my
selfish pursuit of the
sex relation damage other people and me?
2.
... relation, for material and emotional security, and ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
3.
... relation to him is such that you ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Perhaps, though, your
relation to him is such that
you would
care to
reveal
only a
part of your
story.
4.
... relation to this test -- was it selfish ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We
subjected each
relation to this
test -- was it
selfish or not?
5.
... relation to us, it means very simply ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
But in
relation to us, it
means very
simply that every
A.A. group can
manage its affairs exactly as it
pleases,
except when
A.A. as a
whole is
threatened.
6.
... relation with another person for a whole ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
One
unkind tirade or one
willful snap judgment can
ruin our
relation with another
person for a
whole day, or maybe a
whole year.
7.
... relation with any one of those about ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
This
self-
centered behavior blocked a
partnership relation with
any one of those about us.
8.
... relation with God as we understood Him.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
At the
start, this was all we
needed to
commence spiritual growth, to
effect our
first conscious relation with
God as we
understood Him.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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