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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCESSIVE occurs
5 times
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1.
... excessive concentration
upon himself.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
2.
... excessive drinking.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We
shall claim that our
serious character defects, if we
think we have
any at all, have been
caused
chiefly by
excessive drinking.
3.
... excessive indulgence.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I
soon discovered that a
couple of
drinks would
alleviate my
gastric distress, at
least for a
few hours at a
time, so it was not at all
difficult for me to
return
to my
former excessive indulgence.
4.
... excessive misery.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could
submit a
good list of
such defects as these, and
few of us
would
seriously think of
giving them
up, at
least until they
cause us
excessive misery.
5.
... excessive remorse
before those we have harmed, ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
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