From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... sins.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
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
Must A.A.'s spend most of their waking hours drearily rehashing their sins of omission or commission?
4.
... sins of
other people.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
5.
... Sins of
pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, ...
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.
6.
... sins of
some religious people, we could ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
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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