From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... phenomenon, as
we have suggested, may be ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity.
2.
... phenomenon of
contrast really set us thinking.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
3.
... phenomenon of
craving.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
All these, and many others,
have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon
of craving.
4.
... phenomenon of
craving at once became paramount ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of
craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the
important appointment was not met.
5.
... phenomenon of
craving develops, they pass through ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the
phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.
6.
... phenomenon of
craving is limited to this ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these
chronic alcoholics is
a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon
of craving is limited to
this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker.
7.
... phenomenon of
craving which cause men to ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many situations which arise out of the phenomenon of craving which cause men to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight.
8.
... phenomenon of
the past quarter-century has been ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Literature has played
a major role in A.A.'s growth, and a striking phenomenon of the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into many languages and dialects.
9.
... phenomenon that
parallel with our sound reasoning ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with
our sound reasoning
there inevitably ran some
insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink.
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