From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
JUSTIFICATION occurs
8 times
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1.
... justification.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
Because our
surface record hasn't
looked too
bad, we have
frequently been
abashed to find that this is so
simply because we have
buried
these
selfsame defects
deep down in us under
thick
layers of
self-
justification.
2.
... justification.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Both
father and the
family
are
mistaken, though each
side may have some
justification.
3.
... justification, and
always spurred by conscious or ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
4.
... justification during
their drinking days.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
First off, they can be told that the
majority of
A.A. members have
suffered severely from
self-
justification during their
drinking days.
5.
... justification for
a spree was insanely insufficient ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
But even in this
type of
beginning we are
obliged
to
admit that our
justification for a
spree was
insanely insufficient
in the
light of what always
happened.
6.
... justification for
so doing.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Instead of
treating the
family as he should, he may
retreat further into
himself and
feel he has
spiritual justification for
so doing.
7.
... justification or
resentful criticism.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
8.
... justification was
the maker of excuses; excuses, ...
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.
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