From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCUSE occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... excuse for
avoiding an inventory.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We also
clutch at another
wonderful excuse for
avoiding an
inventory.
2.
... excuse for
drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The
story he told is most
instructive, for here was a
chap absolutely convinced he had to
stop drinking, who had no
excuse
for
drinking, who
exhibited splendid judgment and
determination in all his other
concerns,
yet was
flat on his back nevertheless.
3.
... excuse for
minimizing or forgetting our own.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
4.
... excuse for
shying away from the subject ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We don't use this as an
excuse for
shying away from the
subject
of
God.
5.
... excuse for
taking the first drink.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... excuse, or
none.
BB p.107,
To Wives
Asked why they
commenced
to
drink again, they would
reply with some
silly excuse, or
none.
7.
... excuse to
drink more.
BB p.111,
To Wives
He will use that as an
excuse to
drink more.
8.
... excuse to
postpone.
BB p.75,
Into Action
But we
must not use this as a
mere excuse to
postpone.
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