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

lures
lurk
lurking
LUST   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
lustful
lustre
luxury

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1.
... 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.
... lust for sex and power, to become ...    12&12 p.49,  Step Four
Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not.

3.
... lust in a dark corner of their ...    12&12 p.67,  Step Six
But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds?


4.
... lust of our lower nature, a base ...    BB p.68,  How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procreation.

5.
... lust seems impossible.    12&12 p.66,  Step Six
To think of liking lust seems impossible.


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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