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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EMOTIONS occurs
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1.
... emotions.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
Let's
remember that
alcoholics are not the only
ones bedeviled by
sick emotions.
2.
... emotions.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
3.
... emotions, and
attitudes which were once the ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas,
emotions, and
attitudes which were once the
guiding forces of the
lives of these
men are
suddenly cast to one
side, and a
completely new
set of
conceptions and
motives begin to
dominate them.
4.
... emotions, and
our intuitions of vitally needed ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And when we
turn away from
meditation and
prayer, we
likewise deprive our
minds, our
emotions, and our
intuitions of
vitally needed support.
5.
... emotions go
on the defensive.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The
moment we
ponder a
twisted or
broken relationship with another
person, our
emotions go on the
defensive.
6.
... emotions of
years break out of their ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
The
dammed-up
emotions of
years break out of their
confinement, and
miraculously vanish as
soon as they are
exposed.
7.
... emotions quite
as unhealthy as the demands ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Demands made upon other people for too much
attention,
protection,
and
love can only
invite domination or
revulsion in the
protectors themselves --
two
emotions quite as
unhealthy as the
demands
which
evoked them.
8.
... emotions victimized
us often took a long ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
To see how
erratic emotions
victimized us often took a
long time.
9.
... emotions violent
twists which have since discolored ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
At the
time of these
occurrences, they may
actually have
given our
emotions violent twists which have since
discolored our
personalities and
altered our
lives for the
worse.
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