From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXAGGERATE occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... exaggerate our
defects or theirs.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We
must not
exaggerate our
defects or theirs.
2.
... exaggerate our
shortcomings.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Too much
guilt and
remorse
might
cause us to
dramatize and
exaggerate our
shortcomings.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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