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

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FOOLISHLY   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... foolishly admitting his plight to people from ...   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
Why, he argued, should he lose the remainder of his business, only to bring still more suffering to his family by foolishly admitting his plight to people from whom he made his livelihood?


2.
... foolishly and heavily at the present time, ...   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.


3.
... foolishly as we did when we were ...   BB p.88, Into Action   Go to page 88 in the Big Book
We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves.

4.
... foolishly dangerous?   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Isn't such liberty foolishly dangerous?


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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