From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... edged question
can arise in other departments ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Many a razor-edged question can arise in other departments of life where
this same principle is involved.
2.
... edged sword
over us: first we were ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an
allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.
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