From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... conflicts, and
had listened to someone else ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Until we had talked with complete candor of our
conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong.
2.
... conflicts, and
in honesty confide these to ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We knew we would have to quit
the deadly business of
living alone with our conflicts, and in honesty confide these to God and another human being.
3.
... conflicts persist
below the level of consciousness.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness.
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