From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PUNISHMENT occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... punishment.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
2.
... punishment anyway.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Not much
spiritual effort is
involved in
avoiding excesses which
will bring us
punishment anyway.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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