From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INSTINCTIVE occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... instinctive demands
are threatened, to be envious ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Unreasonable fear that
our
instincts will not be
satisfied drives us to
covet the
possessions of
others, to
lust for
sex and
power, to
become angry when our
instinctive demands are
threatened,
to be
envious when the
ambitions of others
seem to
be
realized while ours are not.
2.
... instinctive desire
for self-preservation, they seem bent ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
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