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USELESSNESS   occurs   2 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... uselessness and self-pity will disappear.   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.


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... uselessness, we were full of fear, we ...   BB p.52, We Agnostics   Go to page 52 in the Big Book
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?


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