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


1.
... 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.
... sloth.    12&12 p.66,  Step Six
No one wants to be agonized by the chronic pain of envy or to be paralyzed by sloth.

3.
... sloth in five syllables.    12&12 p.67,  Step Six
Consider, too, our talents for procrastination, which is really sloth in five syllables.


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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