From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PENALTY occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... penalty by
a spree.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
But we
must try to
repair the
damage immediately lest we
pay the
penalty by a
spree.
2.
... penalty is
sure and swift; he sickens ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
If he
deviates too far, the
penalty is
sure and
swift; he
sickens and
dies.
3.
... penalty, it
was thought, for blasphemy.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
There
must be a
heavy penalty, it was
thought, for
blasphemy.
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