From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... scared by
what had happened, or by ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what
had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a
drink again until the country went dry.
2.
... scared off
by that fact, because although ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't be biased or scared
off by that fact, because
although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us,
go through the emotional wringer.
3.
... scared witless
that something or somebody would ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
Everybody was scared witless that something or
somebody would capsize
the boat and dump us all back into the drink.
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