From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... excesses.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses.
2.
... excesses of
negative emotion -- anger, fear, jealousy, ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's and
sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion -- anger, fear, jealousy, and the like.
3.
... excesses which
will bring us punishment anyway.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
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