From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... distress.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
2.
... distress, at
least for a few hours ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I soon discovered that a
couple of drinks would alleviate my gastric
distress, at least for a few hours at a time, so it was not at all difficult for me to return
to my former excessive
indulgence.
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