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