Home Page

Search "164 and More"
 
The Book "164 and More"
 
About Recovery Press

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

deluged
delusion
delusions
DEMAND   occurs   9 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     demands
demanded
demanding
democracy

Click    to display the full page from the Big Book

1.
... demand and a simple request is plain ...   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
The difference between a demand and a simple request is plain to anyone.

2.
... demand for emotional security, for our own ...   12&12 p.115, Step Twelve
Our demand for emotional security, for our own way, had constantly thrown us into unworkable relations with other people.

3.
... demand for reward.   12&12 p.32, Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.

4.
... demand of God for replies, is a ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.


5.
... demand that dad bring them back instantly!   BB p.123, The Family Afterward   Go to page 123 in the Big Book
Sometimes they demand that dad bring them back instantly!


6.
... demand that he stay home and make ...   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
Instead of developing new channels of activity for themselves, mother and children demand that he stay home and make up the deficiency.


7.
... demand that the family find God in ...   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.

8.
... demand that they supply us with more ...   12&12 p.65, Step Six
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully demand that they supply us with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth.

9.
... demand that you believe anything.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
First, Alcoholics Anonymous does not demand that you believe anything.


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.

Top of Screen  Top