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)


Click    to display the full page from the Big Book

1.
... underlying cause of their destructive drinking.   12&12 p.44, Step Four
Alcoholics especially should be able to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the underlying cause of their destructive drinking.


2.
... underlying reasons why they were making heavy ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.


3.
... underlying the totality of things, we began ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.


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