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DOUBT   occurs   24 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... doubt.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Everybody believes them without a murmur of doubt.


2.
... 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.

3.
... doubt a fact that A.A. is full ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
It's no doubt a fact that A.A. is full of people who once believed as I do.


4.
... doubt about that.   BB p.72, Into Action   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
There is doubt about that.


5.
... doubt and prejudice.   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
We have shared his honest doubt and prejudice.


6.
... doubt and said, "We don't know."   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."


7.
... doubt, asking only for direction and strength ...   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me.

8.
... doubt by an immense experience, this is ...   12&12 p.21, Step One
Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life.

9.
... doubt crept in.   12&12 p.158, Tradition Six
Then doubt crept in.


10.
... doubt he over-indulged.   BB p.135, The Family Afterward   Go to page 135 in the Big Book
There was no doubt he over-indulged.

11.
... doubt, I may bring faith -- that where ...   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.


12.
... doubt if, in this respect, alcoholics are ...   BB p.81, Into Action   Go to page 81 in the Big Book
We doubt if, in this respect, alcoholics are fundamentally much worse than other people.


13.
... doubt if many of them can do ...   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.


14.
... doubt in my mind that you were ...   BB p.43, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help.

15.
... doubt in our minds what that advice ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is.


16.
... doubt it.   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
We have no reason to doubt it.


17.
... doubt that a mighty purpose and rhythm ...   BB p.10, Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
Despite contrary indications, I had little doubt that a mighty purpose and rhythm underlay all.


18.
... doubt that much good will result, but ...   BB p.19, There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of the problem would hardly be scratched.

19.
... doubt the universe had a "first cause" ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the God of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns.

20.
... doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not ...   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done."

21.
... doubt we shall point with pride to ...   12&12 p.45, Step Four
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.


22.
... doubt whether you would have made much ...   BB p.94, Working With Others   Go to page 94 in the Big Book
Tell him you once felt as he does, but you doubt whether you would have made much progress had you not taken action.


23.
... doubt you should discharge him.   BB p.147, To Employers   Go to page 147 in the Big Book
If you are sure he doesn't mean business, there is no doubt you should discharge him.

24.
... doubt you're better taught in religious matters ...   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
No doubt you're better taught in religious matters than I.


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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