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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

glowing
glum
gluttonous
GLUTTONY   occurs   2 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
gnawing
go
goaded

1.
... gluttony, envy, and sloth.   12&12 p.48, Step Four
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.

2.
... gluttony is less than ruinous, we have ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
When gluttony is less than ruinous, we have a milder word for that, too; we call it "taking our comfort."


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