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... reasoning?   BB p.54, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
For did we not believe in our own reasoning?


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... reasoning failed to hold us in check.   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check.


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... reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink.


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... reasoning to the attention of an alcoholic, ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
If you draw this fallacious reasoning to the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to talk.


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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