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Uses of the word
Control
in the Big Book

It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight from reality, or were outright mental defectives.
page xxiv

On the other hand - and as strange as this may seem to those that do not understand - once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
page xxvii

I do not hold with those who believe that alcoholism is entirely a problem of mental control.
page XXVIII

These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control.
page XXVIII