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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

deluged
delusion
delusions
DEMAND   occurs   10 times 3 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   demands
demanded
demanding
democracy

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1.
  ... demand and a simple request is plain ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
The difference between a demand and a simple request is plain to anyone.


2.
  ... demand belief; Twelve Steps are only suggestions.  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
A.A. does not demand belief; Twelve Steps are only suggestions.


3.
  ... demand for emotional security, for our own ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
Our demand for emotional security, for our own way, had constantly thrown us into unworkable relations with other people.


4.
  ... demand for reward.  12&12 Step Two, p.32
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.


5.
  ... demand of God for replies, is a ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.


6.
  ... demand that dad bring them back instantly!  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
Sometimes they demand that dad bring them back instantly!


7.
  ... demand that he stay home and make ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Instead of developing new channels of activity for themselves, mother and children demand that he stay home and make up the deficiency.


8.
  ... demand that the family find God in ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.


9.
  ... demand that they supply us with more ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully demand that they supply us with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth.


10.
  ... demand that you believe anything.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
First, Alcoholics Anonymous does not demand that you believe anything.


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