From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... indifference.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
2.
... indifference, fancied
self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance often ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance
often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic
or even the militant atheist.
3.
... indifference, those
filled with self-sufficiency who have ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
There will be those who have
drifted into indifference,
those filled with self-sufficiency who have
cut themselves off, those who have become prejudiced against religion, and those who are
downright defiant because God has failed to fulfill their demands.
4.
... indifference to
them and say he is ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.
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