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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


1.
... greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.   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.

2.
... greed masquerade as ambition?   12&12 p.66, Step Six
Isn't it true that we like to let greed masquerade as ambition?

3.
... greed, possessiveness, and pride have too often ...   12&12 p.51, Step Four
In these areas fear, greed, possessiveness, and pride have too often done their worst.


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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