From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
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... esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
3.
... esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
4.
... esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
Mrs. Jones -- she's a nut, she snubbed me; she committed her husband for
drinking; he's my friend; she's a gossip -- personal relationship; self esteem (fear).
5.
... esteem (fear);
security.
BB p.65,
How It Works
My employer -- unreasonable, unjust,
overbearing; threatens to fire me for drinking and padding my expense account -- self esteem (fear); security.
6.
... esteem of
our friends and business associates, ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we
still need to exercise special vigilance.
7.
... esteem, our
pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
In most cases it was found
that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened.
8.
... esteem, our
security, our ambitions, our personal, ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
Was it our self-esteem, our security, our ambitions,
our personal, or sex relations, which had been interfered with?
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