From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SMITTEN occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... smitten by
an insane urge that condemned ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The
tyrant alcohol wielded a
double-
edged sword over us:
first we were
smitten by an
insane urge that
condemned us to go on
drinking, and then by an
allergy of the
body that
insured we would
ultimately destroy
ourselves in the
process.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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