From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCUSES occurs
7 times
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1.
... excuses; excuses,
of course, for drinking, and ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
For most of us,
self-
justification was the
maker of
excuses;
excuses, of
course, for
drinking, and for all
kinds
of
crazy and
damaging conduct.
2.
... excuses for
dodging these issues entirely.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
3.
... excuses have
a certain plausibility, but none ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Sometimes these
excuses have a
certain plausibility,
but
none of them really makes
sense in the
light of the
havoc an
alcoholic's
drinking bout creates.
4.
... excuses naturally
arouses suspicion.
BB p.146,
To Employers
5.
... excuses, of
course, for drinking, and for ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
For most of us,
self-
justification was the
maker of
excuses;
excuses, of
course, for
drinking, and for all
kinds
of
crazy and
damaging conduct.
6.
... excuses to
drink.
BB p.120,
To Wives
In a
weak moment he may take
your
dislike of his
high-
stepping friends as one of
those
insanely trivial
excuses to
drink.
7.
... excuses with
which they are satisfied part ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Some
drinkers have
excuses
with which they are
satisfied part of the
time.
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