From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EMOTIONALLY occurs
4 times
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1.
... emotionally ill
as well as frequently wrong, ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we
begin to see that all people,
including ourselves, are to some
extent emotionally ill as well as
frequently wrong, and then we
approach
true tolerance and see
what
real love for our
fellows actually means.
2.
... emotionally secure
among grown-up people, we would ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It
became clear that if we
ever were to
feel emotionally
secure among
grown-up
people, we would have to
put our
lives on a
give-and-take
basis; we would have to
develop the
sense of being in
partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
3.
... emotionally sensitive,
and grandiose.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
These
distinguished men had the
nerve to say that
most of the
alcoholics under
investigation were still
childish,
emotionally sensitive, and
grandiose.
4.
... emotionally unstable.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are, of
course, the
psychopaths who are
emotionally unstable.
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