From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BELIEVES occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... believes.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
I'm
sure it would
work if I
could only
believe as he
believes.
2.
... believes he
is devout.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
He
believes he is
devout.
3.
... believes in,
a Power greater than himself.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
Every one of them has
gained access to, and
believes in, a
Power greater than
himself.
4.
... believes in
God, but suspects that God ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
He's
sure he still
believes in
God, but
suspects that
God doesn't
believe in him.
5.
... believes in
scores of assumptions for which ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
6.
... believes that
after being entirely free from ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the
type who always
believes that after being
entirely free from
alcohol for a
period of
time he can take a
drink without
danger.
7.
... believes them
without a murmur of doubt.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Everybody believes them
without a
murmur of
doubt.
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