From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SELFISH occurs
13 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... selfish.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
2.
... selfish and dishonest.
BB p.61,
How It Works
On the other
hand, he may be
mean,
egotistical,
selfish and
dishonest.
3.
... selfish and foolish, I had been seriously ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Best of all, I
met a
kind doctor who
explained that though
certainly selfish and
foolish, I had been
seriously ill,
bodily and
mentally.
4.
Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
5.
... selfish, dishonest or afraid?
BB p.86,
Into Action
Were we
resentful,
selfish,
dishonest or
afraid?
6.
... selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate?
BB p.69,
How It Works
Where had we been
selfish,
dishonest, or
inconsiderate?
7.
... selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened?
BB p.67,
How It Works
Where had we been
selfish,
dishonest,
self-
seeking and
frightened?
8.
... selfish ends.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We are
careful never to
pray for our
own selfish ends.
9.
... selfish of water or bread.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
None might
become selfish of
water or
bread.
10.
... selfish or not?
BB p.69,
How It Works
We
subjected each
relation to this
test -- was
it
selfish or not?
11.
... selfish pursuit of the sex relation damage ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
When, and how, and in just what
instances did my
selfish pursuit of the
sex relation damage other people and me?
12.
... selfish things and gain interest in our ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
lose interest in
selfish things and
gain interest in our
fellows.
13.
... selfish, we may excite jealousy, misery, and ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
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