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


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... smart, but felt reassured as I was ...   BB p.36, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 36 in the Big Book
I vaguely sensed I was not being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking the whiskey on a full stomach.

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... smart for our own good.   12&12 p.29, Step Two
To these, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you -- far too smart for our own good.


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