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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
NEEDLESSLY occurs
3 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... needlessly.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Tell him you have been
worried,
though perhaps needlessly.
2.
... needlessly name
a person upon whom she ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
It is
better, however, that
one does not
needlessly name a
person upon whom she can
vent jealousy.
3.
... needlessly sacrifice
others to save himself from ...
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.
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