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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
THEORY occurs
12 times
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1.
... theory.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
When they
talked of a
God personal to me, who was
love,
superhuman strength
and
direction, I
became
irritated and my
mind snapped shut against such a
theory.
2.
... theory.
BB p.83,
Into Action
The
spiritual life is not
a
theory.
3.
... theory at
all; it will be just ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
To him, this
proposition will be no
theory at all; it will be just about the
largest fact in his
life.
4.
... theory he
would escape the alcohol problem.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Ask any
woman who has
sent her
husband to
distant places on the
theory he would
escape the
alcohol problem.
5.
... theory it
may cause financial harm.
BB p.78,
Into Action
Nor are we
afraid of
disclosing our
alcoholism on the
theory it
may
cause financial harm.
6.
... theory of
relativity or a proposition in ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
7.
... theory or
gadget which does not work ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Is not our
age characterized by the
ease with which we
discard old ideas for new, by the
complete readiness with
which we
throw away the
theory or
gadget which does not
work for something new which does?
8.
... theory seems
to be that once everybody's ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The
theory seems to be that
once
everybody's
primary instincts are
satisfied, there won't be much
left to
quarrel about.
9.
... theory that
most people lost money in ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
I had
developed a
theory
that most people
lost money
in
stocks through
ignorance of
markets.
10.
... theory that
only an alcoholic could help ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his
journey to
Akron, the
broker had
worked hard with many
alcoholics on the
theory
that only an
alcoholic could
help an
alcoholic, but he
had
succeeded only in
keeping sober himself.
11.
... theory that
we have an allergy to ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
doctor's
theory that we
have an
allergy to
alcohol interests us.
12.
... theory wrong.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
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