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 The first post on the AA Book Club blog!

"We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker."  Big Book, page xxvi, The Doctor's Opinion.

Here is a link to the 1937 scientific article Dr. Silkworth wrote on the allergy idea, which he mentions in the passage above. Courtesy of the wonderful Silkworth.net website. Enjoy!

https://silkworth.net/alcoholics-anonymous/alcoholism-as-a-manifestation-of-allergy/

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