From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FOOLISH occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... foolish chap
having queer ideas of fun.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Up to this
point you would
label him as a
foolish chap having
queer ideas of
fun.
2.
... foolish decisions.
BB p.88,
Into Action
3.
... foolish dreams
of pomp and power.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have
drunk for
vainglory -- that we might the more
enjoy foolish dreams of
pomp and
power.
4.
... 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.
5.
... 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!
6.
... 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.
7.
... 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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