From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... foolish and
that I had better return ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
When I got the fog out of my brain, I decided that quitting school was very foolish and that I had better return and continue my work.
2.
... foolish chap
having queer ideas of fun.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... foolish decisions.
BB p.88,
Into Action
4.
... foolish dreams
of pomp and power.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
5.
... foolish, I
had been seriously ill, bodily ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and
foolish, I had been seriously ill, bodily and mentally.
6.
... foolish idea
that he could take whiskey ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Yet all reasons for not drinking were easily pushed aside in favor of the foolish idea that he could take whiskey if only he mixed it
with milk!
7.
... foolish martyr
who would needlessly sacrifice others ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Therefore, we are not to be the hasty and foolish martyr who would needlessly sacrifice
others to save himself from the alcoholic pit.
8.
... foolish, perhaps
tragic, blunders in this fashion.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Surely, then, a novice ought not lay himself open to the chance of making foolish, perhaps tragic, blunders in this fashion.
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