From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
NEGATIVE occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... negative emotion
-- anger, fear, jealousy, and the ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
That is the
emotional hangover, the
direct result of
yesterday's and
sometimes
today's
excesses of
negative emotion --
anger,
fear,
jealousy, and the like.
2.
... negative for
positive thinking.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
This all
meant, of
course,
that we had
substituted negative for
positive thinking.
3.
... negative side
of our natures.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen,
self-
searching is the
means by
which we bring new
vision,
action, and
grace to
bear upon the
dark and
negative side of our
natures.
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