From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCESSES occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... excesses.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
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
Not much
spiritual effort is
involved in
avoiding excesses which will
bring us
punishment anyway.
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