From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... unconscious fears,
is the basic breeder of ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
For pride, leading to self-justification, and
always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief
block to true progress.
2.
... unconscious of
that dependence.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
In this area it is startling to discover
how dependent we really
are, and how unconscious of that dependence.
3.
... unconscious of
this, the result always had ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
4.
... unconscious rationalizations.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
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