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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNREASONABLE occurs
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1.
... 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
Your
husband will sometimes be
unreasonable and you will
want to
criticize.
5.
... unreasonable demands?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Did these
perplexities beset me because of
selfishness or
unreasonable demands?
6.
... unreasonable demands
had been the cause.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We
blamed them, being quite
unable to see that our
unreasonable demands had been the
cause.
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
We can
try to
stop making unreasonable demands upon those we
love.
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
He is just another very
sick,
unreasonable person.
13.
... unreasonable, unjust,
overbearing; threatens to fire me ...
BB p.65,
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