Alcoholics Anonymous

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(including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were "burned up."

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On our grudge list we set opposite each name our injuries. Was it our self-esteem, our security, our ambitions, our personal, or sex relations, which had been interfered with?

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We were usually as definite as this example:

I'm resentful at:	The Cause	Affects my:
Mr. Brown	His attention to my	Sex relations
	wife.	Self-esteem (fear)
	Told my wife of my	Sex relations
	mistress.	Self-esteem (fear)
	Brown may get my job	Security
	at the office.	Self-esteem (fear)
Mrs. Jones	She's a nut -- she	Personal relation-
	snubbed me. She	ship. Self-esteem
	committed her hus-	(fear)
	band for drinking.
	He's my friend
	She's a gossip.
My employer	Unreasonable -- Unjust	Self-esteem (fear)
	-- Overbearing --	Security.
	Threatens to fire
	me for my drinking
	and padding my
	expense account.
My wife	Misunderstands and	Pride -- Personal
	nags. Likes Brown.	sex relations --
	Wants house put in	Security (fear)
	her name.

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We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. The first thing apparent