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)

best
bestowal
bestows
BET   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
better
betting
between

Click    to display the full page from the Big Book

1.
... bet.   12&12 p.61, Step Five
For some of us, a complete stranger may prove the best bet.


2.
... bet.   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
Approach through a doctor or an institution is a better bet.


3.
... bet they do it -- maybe not so ...   BB p.52, We Agnostics   Go to page 52 in the Big Book
Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing a proposal to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."

4.
... bet, too, that you could give me ...   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
I'll bet, too, that you could give me a letter-perfect definition of humility.


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