From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... threatened.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
2.
... 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.
3.
... threatened.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
4.
... threatened.
BB p.65,
How It Works
In most cases it was found
that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened.
5.
... threatened, and
that was no laughing matter.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
6.
... threatened, to
be envious when the ambitions ...
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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