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

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STRUCK   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, ...   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
The spark that was to flare into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.

2.
... struck down and left in terrified loneliness.   12&12 p.57, Step Five
But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness.


3.
... struck gold.   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold.


4.
... struck me a highball would be fine ...   BB p.41, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 41 in the Big Book
When I returned to the hotel it struck me a highball would be fine before going to bed, so I stepped into the bar and had one.


5.
... struck oil.   BB p.113, To Wives   Go to page 113 in the Big Book
Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had struck oil.


6.
... struck out viciously.   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We have struck out viciously.


7.
... struck something better than gold.   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
Father feels he has struck something better than gold.


8.
... struck the children, kicked out door panels, ...   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
They struck the children, kicked out door panels, smashed treasured crockery, and ripped the keys out of pianos.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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