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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

bear
bearable
bearing
BEAT   occurs   6 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     beats
beaten
beating
beatitudes

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1.
... beat him back every time he tries ...   12&12 p.49, Step Four
Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself.

2.
... beat; our world arteries would no longer ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.


3.
... beat the game.   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
There is the obsession that somehow, someday, they will beat the game.


4.
... beat the game alone, that is your ...   BB p.181, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 181 in the Big Book
If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.

5.
... beat-up topers could find needed care.   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.


6.
... beat us into a state of reasonableness.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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