From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TORTURE occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... torture must
believe -- that the body of ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
In this
statement he
confirms what we who have
suffered alcoholic torture must believe -- that the
body of
the
alcoholic is quite as
abnormal as his
mind.
2.
... torture was
so hellish I feared I ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Then
came the
night when the
physical and
mental
torture was so
hellish I
feared I would
burst through
my
window,
sash and all.
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