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


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  ... excuses; excuses, of course, for drinking, and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
For most of us, self-justification was the maker of excuses; excuses, of course, for drinking, and for all kinds of crazy and damaging conduct.


2.
  ... excuses for dodging these issues entirely.  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
We will often manufacture plausible excuses for dodging these issues entirely.


3.
  ... excuses have a certain plausibility, but none ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.


4.
  ... excuses naturally arouses suspicion.  BB To Employers, p.146
Long experience with alcoholic excuses naturally arouses suspicion.


5.
  ... excuses, of course, for drinking, and for ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
For most of us, self-justification was the maker of excuses; excuses, of course, for drinking, and for all kinds of crazy and damaging conduct.


6.
  ... excuses to drink.  BB To Wives, p.120
In a weak moment he may take your dislike of his high-stepping friends as one of those insanely trivial excuses to drink.


7.
  ... excuses with which they are satisfied part ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
Some drinkers have excuses with which they are satisfied part of the time.


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