From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INSTINCTS occurs
21 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... instincts.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Pride lures us into
making demands upon
ourselves or upon others which cannot be
met without
perverting or
misusing our
God-
given instincts.
2.
... instincts are
satisfied, there won't be much ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The
theory seems to be that
once
everybody's
primary instincts are
satisfied, there won't be much
left to
quarrel about.
3.
... instincts are
threatened.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
It should be
remembered that this
kind of
insecurity may
arise in any
area where
instincts are
threatened.
4.
... instincts can
produce anything from a cold ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
This
collision of
instincts can
produce anything
from a
cold snub to a
blazing revolution.
5.
... instincts cannot
be the sole end and ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have
learned that the
satisfaction of
instincts
cannot be the
sole end and
aim of our
lives.
6.
... instincts first,
we have got the cart ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
If we place
instincts first,
we have got the
cart before the
horse; we shall be
pulled backward into
disillusionment.
7.
... instincts for
a purpose.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Creation gave us
instincts for a
purpose.
8.
... instincts for
sex, security, and society.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Using his
best judgment of what has been
right and what has been
wrong,
he might make a
rough survey of his
conduct with
respect to his
primary
instincts for
sex,
security, and
society.
9.
... instincts for
sex, security, and society becomes ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
10.
... instincts gone
astray, have been the primary ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the
newcomer has
probably arrived at the
following conclusions: that his
character defects,
representing instincts gone astray, have been the
primary cause of his
drinking and his
failure
at
life; that
unless he is
now
willing to
work hard at the
elimination of
the
worst of these
defects, both
sobriety and
peace of
mind will still
elude him; that all the
faulty
foundation of his
life
will have to be
torn out and
built anew on
bedrock.
11.
... instincts, have
turned into physical and mental ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
12.
... instincts in
collision, which cause physical, mental, ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
To
define the
word "
harm" in a
practical way, we
might call it the
result of
instincts in
collision, which
cause physical,
mental,
emotional, or
spiritual damage to
people.
13.
... instincts need
to undergo drastic revisions.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
14.
Instincts on
rampage balk at investigation.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
15.
... instincts, so
necessary for our existence, often ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Yet these
instincts, so
necessary for our
existence, often far
exceed their
proper functions.
16.
... instincts, there
can be no peace.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Whenever a
human being
becomes a
battleground
for the
instincts, there can be no
peace.
17.
... instincts to
help him to stay alive.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
He did not
design man to
destroy himself by
alcohol,
but He did
give man instincts to
help him to
stay alive.
18.
... instincts to
overreach themselves.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Such is the
power of our
instincts to
overreach
themselves.
19.
... instincts, too.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
In these
ways we are
set in
conflict not only with ourselves, but with other
people who have
instincts, too.
20.
... instincts unreasonably
upon others, unhappiness follows.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
21.
... instincts will
not be satisfied drives us ...
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.
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