From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... instinctual drives.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
It is nowhere evident,
at least in this life, that
our Creator expects us
fully to eliminate our
instinctual drives.
2.
... instinctual needs
were met or not.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
Seldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in
itself, something we
would like to strive for whether our instinctual needs were met or not.
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