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

grim
grind
grinned
GRIP   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
griping
gripped
grips

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1.
... grip.   12&12 p.73, Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


2.
... grip.   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
The inviting maelstrom of Wall Street had me in its grip.


3.
... grip of a progressive illness.   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness.


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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