From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SELFISH occurs
13 times
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1.
... selfish.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
2.
... selfish and
dishonest.
BB p.61,
How It Works
On the
other hand, he may be
mean,
egotistical,
selfish and
dishonest.
3.
... selfish and
foolish, I had been seriously ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
4.
Selfish and
inconsiderate habits have kept the ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
5.
... selfish, dishonest
or afraid?
BB p.86,
Into Action
Were we
resentful,
selfish,
dishonest or
afraid?
6.
... selfish, dishonest,
or inconsiderate?
BB p.69,
How It Works
Where had we been
selfish,
dishonest, or
inconsiderate?
7.
... selfish, dishonest,
self-seeking and frightened?
BB p.67,
How It Works
Where had we been
selfish,
dishonest,
self-
seeking and
frightened?
8.
... selfish ends.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We are
careful never to
pray for our
own selfish ends.
9.
... selfish of
water or bread.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
None might
become selfish of
water or
bread.
10.
... selfish or
not?
BB p.69,
How It Works
We
subjected each relation to this
test -- was
it
selfish or not?
11.
... selfish pursuit
of the sex relation damage ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
When, and how, and in
just what
instances did my
selfish pursuit of the
sex relation damage other people and me?
12.
... selfish things
and gain interest in our ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
13.
... selfish, we
may excite jealousy, misery, and ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
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