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(Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
(12 & 12)
inquiries
inquiring
inquiry
INSANE
occurs
5 times
(
Definition
from Merriam-Webster Online)
insanely
insanity
insatiable
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1.
... insane.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
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
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
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
He is
violent
, or
appears
definitely
insane
when
drunk
.
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