From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... unreasonable.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had refused to learn
the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful
because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our
demands for attention
become unreasonable.
2.
... unreasonable.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
They are always unreasonable.
3.
... unreasonable about
the realm of the spirit ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
We asked ourselves this:
Are not some of us just as biased and unreasonable about
the realm of the spirit as
were the ancients about the realm of the material?
4.
... unreasonable and
you will want to criticize.
BB p.117,
To Wives
5.
... unreasonable demands?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
6.
... unreasonable demands
had been the cause.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
7.
... unreasonable demands
upon ourselves, upon others, and ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
We now clearly see that we have been making
unreasonable demands upon ourselves, upon others, and upon God.
8.
... unreasonable demands
upon those we love.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
9.
Unreasonable fear
that our instincts will not ...
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.
10.
... unreasonable fears.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
11.
... unreasonable fears
or anxieties into making a ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership.
12.
... unreasonable person.
BB p.108,
To Wives
13.
... unreasonable, unjust,
overbearing; threatens to fire me ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
My employer -- unreasonable, unjust, overbearing; threatens to fire me for drinking and padding my expense account -- self esteem (fear); security.
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