From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... overcome.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to
be overcome.
2.
... overcome.
BB p.117,
To Wives
3.
... overcome a
craving beyond their mental control.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
These men were not drinking
to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control.
4.
... overcome alcoholism,
many of us would have ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us
would have recovered long
ago.
5.
... overcome among
us.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
6.
... overcome by
the reflection that close by ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection
that close by hundreds
are dropping into oblivion every day.
7.
... overcome by
them.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
But those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.
8.
... overcome drinking.
BB p.72,
Into Action
9.
... overcome, we
straighten out mentally and physically.
BB p.64,
How It Works
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