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

irrepressible
irresistible
irresponsibility
IRRESPONSIBLE   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
irritability
irritable
irritated

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1.
... irresponsible.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible.

2.
... irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were.   12&12 p.162, Tradition Seven
Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and down ranting how irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were.

3.
... irresponsible, callous, or cold.   12&12 p.81, Step Eight
Suppose that in our family lives we happen to be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or cold.

4.
... irresponsible child who needs to be looked ...   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who needs to be looked after and extricated from endless scrapes and impasses.

5.
... irresponsible had become responsible, and that by ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.


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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