From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... doubt.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
2.
... doubt.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
3.
... doubt a
fact that A.A. is full ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
4.
... doubt about
that.
BB p.72,
Into Action
There is doubt about that.
5.
... doubt and
prejudice.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
6.
... doubt and
said, "We don't know."
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
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
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
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
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
13.
... doubt if
many of them can do ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
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
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
17.
... doubt that
a mighty purpose and rhythm ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
18.
... doubt that
much good will result, but ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
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
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
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
24.
... doubt you're
better taught in religious matters ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
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