From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... angry.
BB p.64,
How It Works
2.
... angry.
BB p.64,
How It Works
3.
... angry.
BB p.67,
How It Works
4.
... angry.
BB p.111,
To Wives
5.
... angry.
BB p.113,
To Wives
6.
... angry enough
to murder, lustful enough to ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.
7.
... angry, indignant,
self-pitying.
BB p.61,
How It Works
8.
... angry, jealous,
anxious, or fearful, we acted ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
9.
... angry or
hurt.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
10.
... angry, or
to get hurt by people ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from
the pains of growing up.
11.
... angry taxi
drivers, the policemen, the bums, ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
The bill collectors, the
sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home -- our husbands thought we were
so inhospitable.
12.
... angry when
our instinctive demands are threatened, ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Unreasonable fear that
our instincts will not be
satisfied drives us to
covet the possessions
of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are
threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not.
13.
... angry with
self-righteous folk?
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
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