From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INSECURITY occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... insecurity are worry, anger, self-pity, and depression.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
2.
... insecurity constantly arouses these same feelings.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
3.
... insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
4.
... insecurity grows and festers.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
In this way our
insecurity grows and
festers.
5.
... insecurity may arise in any area where ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
It should be
remembered that this
kind of
insecurity may
arise in any
area where
instincts are
threatened.
6.
... insecurity of every human being in the ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
We
forgot that most
alcoholics in
A.A. have an
earning power considerably above
average; we
forgot the
immense goodwill of our
brother A.A.'s who were only too
eager to
help us to
better jobs when we
deserved them; we
forgot
the
actual or
potential
financial insecurity of
every
human being in the
world.
7.
... insecurity will leave us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
Fear of people and of
economic insecurity will
leave us.
8.
... insecurity worries him sick, and panic takes ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
His
financial insecurity
worries him
sick, and
panic takes over when he
thinks of all the
bridges to
safety that
alcohol burned behind him.
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