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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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deluded
deluged
DELUSION   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     delusions
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demanded
demanding

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1.
... delusion had been causing us.   12&12 p.58, Step Five
As we took inventory, we began to suspect how much trouble self-delusion had been causing us.


2.
... delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on ...   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.


3.
... delusion that he can wrest satisfaction and ...   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages well?


4.
... delusion that we are like other people, ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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