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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
STRAINING occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... straining every
nerve to make up for ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
He is
straining every
nerve
to make up for
lost time.
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