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

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BEYOND   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... beyond a reasonable period.    BB p.137,  To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.

2.
... beyond doubt by an immense experience, this ...    12&12 p.21,  Step One
Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life.


3.
... beyond human aid.    BB p.128,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
They often forget father was beyond human aid.


4.
... beyond human aid, and unless locked up, ...    BB p.24,  There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane.


5.
... beyond our conception.    BB xxvii(xxv),  The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented difficulties beyond our conception.

6.
... beyond our depth and ability.    12&12 p.123,  Step Twelve
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability.


7.
... beyond ourselves was somewhat weak, even cowardly.    BB p.46,  We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
We were bothered with the thought that faith and dependence upon a Power beyond ourselves was somewhat weak, even cowardly.

8.
... beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for ...    12&12 p.191,  Tradition Seven (Long)
Then, too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.


9.
... beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for ...    BB p.564(566),  Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Then too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.

10.
... beyond question.    12&12 p.104,  Step Eleven
In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question.


11.
... beyond recall in a few years.    BB p.33,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.


12.
... beyond the point where we could quit ...    BB p.34,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our will power.


13.
... beyond the shadow of a doubt.    BB p.135,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 135 in the Big Book
The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt.


14.
... beyond their mental control.    BB xxx(xxviii),  The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control.

15.
... beyond their usual capability.    12&12 p.104,  Step Eleven
They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability.

16.
... beyond those things which were superficially wrong ...    12&12 p.80,  Step Eight
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.

17.
... beyond which we shall seek all those ...    12&12 p.100,  Step Eleven
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.


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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