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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... strive for whether our instinctual needs were ...   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.

2.
... strive to dominate or rule those about ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
We no longer strive to dominate or rule those about us in order to gain self-importance.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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