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

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BRAIN   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... brain?   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
Can it be appreciated that he has been a victim of crooked thinking, directly caused by the action of alcohol on his brain?


2.
... brain.   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.


3.
... brain?   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
Who wouldn't be, with such a fevered brain?


4.
... brain be cleared before he is approached, ...   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
More often than not, it is imperative that a man's brain be cleared before he is approached, as he has then a better chance of understanding and accepting what we have to offer.


5.
... brain cleared.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
Under the so-called belladonna treatment my brain cleared.


6.
... brain injury.   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Following the elimination of alcohol, there was found to be no permanent brain injury.


7.
... brain, perhaps within a year.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
My weary and despairing wife was informed that it would all end with heart failure during delirium tremens, or I would develop a wet brain, perhaps within a year.


8.
... brain raced uncontrollably and there was a ...   BB p.6, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
My brain raced uncontrollably and there was a terrible sense of impending calamity.


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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