Home Page

Search "164 and More"
 
The Book "164 and More"
 
About Recovery Press

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

beset
besetting
beside
BESIDES   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
besieged
best
bestowal

Click    to display the full page from the Big Book


1.
Besides a seeming inability to accept much ...   BB p.47, We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.

2.
... besides alcohol will not yield to a ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
They have become persuaded, and rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.

3.
Besides, if we took in those odd ...   12&12 p.140, Tradition Three
Besides, if we took in those odd ones, what would decent people say about us?


4.
... besides liquor.   BB p.81, Into Action   Go to page 81 in the Big Book
He commences to look around in the night clubs, or their equivalent, for something besides liquor.

5.
Besides, look at all the good we've ...   12&12 p.133, Tradition Two
Besides, look at all the good we've done these drunks.


6.
Besides, my gin would last longer than ...   BB p.9, Bill's Story   Go to page 9 in the Big Book
Besides, my gin would last longer than his preaching.


7.
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics who ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics who had picked up the basic ideas in Akron or New York who were trying to form groups in other cities.


8.
... besides, we are sure that our way ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
And besides, we are sure that our way of living has its advantages for all.


9.
Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or ...   BB p.103, Working With Others   Go to page 103 in the Big Book
Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or anything.

10.
Besides, we think, there is no one ...   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Besides, we think, there is no one we can surely trust.

11.
Besides, your sponsor already has the advantage ...   12&12 p.61, Step Five
Besides, your sponsor already has the advantage of knowing something about your case.


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.

Top of Screen  Top