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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SEDATIVE occurs
4 times
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1.
... sedative.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
A
doctor came with a
heavy sedative.
2.
... sedative.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Next day found me
drinking both
gin and
sedative.
3.
... sedative and
liquor to quiet his nerves ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
As
matters grow worse, he
begins to use a
combination of
high-
powered sedative and
liquor to
quiet his
nerves so he can go to
work.
4.
... sedative with
which to taper off.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
Perhaps he
goes to a
doctor
who
gives him
morphine or
some
sedative with which to
taper off.
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