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INSANE   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... insane.   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane.


2.
... insane.   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
However intelligent we may have been in other respects, where alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane.


3.
... insane idea won out.   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
The insane idea won out.

4.
... insane urge that condemned us to go ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.


5.
... insane when drunk.   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
He is violent, or appears definitely insane when drunk.


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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