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DEADLY   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... deadly business of living alone with our ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
We knew we would have to quit the deadly business of living alone with our conflicts, and in honesty confide these to God and another human being.


2.
... deadly earnestness.   BB p.16, Bill's Story   Go to page 16 in the Big Book
But just underneath there is deadly earnestness.


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... deadly hazard to an alcoholic.   BB p.117, To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
Never forget that resentment is a deadly hazard to an alcoholic.

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... deadly obsession could be banished, then there ...   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
If that degree of humility could enable us to find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly have.

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... Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, ...   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.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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