From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... struck at
Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, ...
BB xv,
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
3.
... struck gold.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
4.
... struck me
a highball would be fine ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
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
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
7.
... struck something
better than gold.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
8.
... struck the
children, kicked out door panels, ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
They struck the children,
kicked out door panels, smashed treasured crockery, and ripped the keys out of pianos.
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