From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... demanded.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The chief activator of
our defects has been self-centered fear -- primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to
get something we demanded.
2.
... demanded.
BB p.82,
Into Action
3.
... demanded, 'Do
you really mean the only ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Still dubious, he demanded, 'Do you really mean the only reason you are here is to try and help me and to help yourself?'
4.
... demanded that
I get drunk every night, ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded
that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.
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