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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INSTINCT occurs
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1.
... instinct.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
2.
... instinct.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
They
work against their
own deepest instinct.
3.
... instinct.'
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
4.
... instinct and
logic always seek to bolster ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
This, of
course, is the
process by which
instinct and
logic always
seek to
bolster egotism, and so
frustrate spiritual development.
5.
... instinct cries
out against the idea of ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Every
natural instinct cries out against the
idea of
personal powerlessness.
6.
... instinct for
association with one's fellows ... the ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
7.
... instinct, if
men cared nothing for the ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If there were no
social instinct, if
men cared nothing for the
society of one another, there would be no
society.
8.
... instinct in
us might be our undoing.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
The
promoter instinct in
us might be our
undoing.
9.
... instinct run
wild in themselves is the ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Alcoholics especially should be able to see that
instinct run wild in themselves is the
underlying cause of their
destructive drinking.
10.
... instinct still
cries out, as it certainly ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
But
suppose that
instinct
still
cries out, as it
certainly will, "Yes,
respecting alcohol, I
guess I have to be
dependent upon
A.A., but in
all other
matters I
must
still
maintain my
independence.
11.
... instinct to
begin with, the situation is ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
And if she had a
strong maternal instinct to
begin with, the
situation
is
aggravated.
12.
... instinct to
live can cooperate fully with ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Here their
powerful instinct to
live can
cooperate fully with their
Creator's
desire to
give them new
life.
13.
... instinct, we
A.A.'s have known from the ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
As by some
deep instinct, we
A.A.'s have
known from the very
beginning that we
must never, no
matter what the
provocation,
publicly
take
sides in any
fight,
even a
worthy one.
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