From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SINS occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sins.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
That is the
measure of our
character defects, or, if
you
wish, of our
sins.
2.
... sins and
became willing to have my ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I
ruthlessly faced my
sins and
became willing to have my new-
found
Friend take them away,
root
and
branch.
3.
... sins of
omission or commission?
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
4.
... sins of
other people.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They always
discovered that
relief never came by
confessing the
sins of other people.
5.
... Sins of
pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
6.
... sins of
some religious people, we could ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
In
belaboring the
sins
of some
religious people, we could
feel superior to all of them.
7.
... sins of
the twentieth century; politicians and ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
He is like the
retired business man who
lolls in the
Florida sunshine in the
winter complaining of the
sad state of the
nation; the
minister who
sighs over the
sins of the
twentieth century;
politicians
and
reformers who are
sure all would be
Utopia if the
rest of the
world would only
behave; the
outlaw safe cracker who
thinks society has
wronged him; and the
alcoholic who has
lost all
and is
locked up.
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