“Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.” (Page 57, Big Book)
“If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame.” (Page 84, Big Book)
“He was on thin ice. Again it was the old, insidious insanity—that first drink. With a shiver, he turned away and walked down the lobby to the church directory.” (Page 154, Big Book)
Revulsion … recoil … shiver …
This is the nature of the defence against alcohol.
It’s not common sense and thinking it through.
It’s above and beyond those.