Continued from 24 hours ago.
"AA had no rules but many traditions (that were, in fact, rules).
One of the most ironclad was that you never made a Twelfth Step
call on an active alcoholic by yourself, unless the alkie in question
was safely incarcerated in a hospital, detox, or the local bughouse.
If you did, you were apt to end up matching him drink for drink and
line for line."
— King, Stephen (2013-09-24). Doctor Sleep: A Novel
(p. 272). Scribner. Kindle Edition.
" Aus 'It' wurde 'Es', und King sprach es so aus,
dass man sich alleine vom Klang des Titels
gruselte: 'Essssss!' "
— Last night's online
Hamburger Abendblatt