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1.
... think?
BB
We Agnostics, p.54
Did we not have
confidence in our
ability to
think?
2.
... think.
BB
Into Action, p.81
3.
... think.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
The
good old days will soon be
back, they
think.
4.
... think.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
He is not so
unbalanced as they might
think.
5.
... think.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
The
hoop you have to
jump through is a
lot wider than you
think.
6.
... think.
12&12
Step Ten, p.91
When we are
tempted by the
bait, we should
train ourselves to
step back and
think.
7.
... think a
little more closely.
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
That was
natural, but
let us
think a
little more closely.
8.
... think A.A.'s
headquarters in New York would ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
You might
think A.A.'s
headquarters in
New York would be an
exception.
9.
... think A.A.
ought to avoid sensational advertising.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
10.
... think A.A.
ought to avoid sensational advertising.
12&12
Tradition Eleven (Long), p.192
11.
... think about
the twenty-four hours ahead.
BB
Into Action, p.86
12.
... think about
them.
12&12
Step Four, p.43
Simple examples like the
following take on a
world of
meaning when we
think about
them.
13.
... think and
just how we shall act.
12&12
Step Three, p.37
14.
... think, are
basically of our own making.
BB
How It Works, p.62
So our
troubles, we
think,
are
basically of our
own making.
15.
... think at
all.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
Or
perhaps he doesn't
think
at all.
16.
... think badly,
try to visualize how we ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.94
17.
... think cheerfulness
and laughter make for usefulness.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
18.
... think dad
will be on a firmer ...
BB
The Family Afterward, pp.129-130
19.
... think each
family which has been relieved ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
20.
... think everyone
is talking about conditions at ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
You
draw more and
more into
yourself and you
think everyone is
talking about
conditions
at your
home.
21.
... think father
owes them more than they ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
Having been
neglected and
misused in the
past, they
think father owes them
more than they are
getting.
22.
... think fear
ought to be classed with ...
BB
How It Works, pp.67-68
23.
... think few,
to whom this book will ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
24.
... think God's
will is for other people.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.104
We
form ideas as to what we
think God's
will is for
other people.
25.
... think he
is bodily and mentally different ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.30
26.
... think he
is fooling you, and that ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
If he
says yes, does he
really mean it, or
down inside does he
think he is
fooling you, and that
after rest and
treatment he
will be
able to
get away with a
few drinks now and then?
27.
... think he
ought to know the subject ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
You
think he
ought to
know the
subject better, as
everyone should
have a
clear understanding of the
risk
he
takes if he
drinks too
much.
28.
... think he
will be shy of a ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
If you
think he
will be
shy of a
spiritual remedy,
ask him to
look at the
chapter on
alcoholism.
29.
... think He
would have us, and humbly ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
Just to the
extent that we do
as we
think He would have us, and
humbly rely on Him, does He
enable us to
match calamity with
serenity.
30.
... think he'd
stop for her sake."
BB
There Is A Solution, p.20
"She's
such a
sweet girl, I should
think he'd
stop for her
sake."
31.
... think honestly,
encourages you to search diligently ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.55
32.
... think I
can tell you exactly how ...
12&12
Step Two, p.26
I
think I can
tell you
exactly how to
relax.
33.
... think I
know what's wrong.'
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
But from what you've
told me about
yourself and your
problems
and how you
propose to
lick
them, I
think I
know what's
wrong.'
34.
... think I
must have been thoroughly scared ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I
think I
must have been
thoroughly scared by what
had
happened, or by the
doctor, or
probably both, so that I did not
touch a
drink again until the
country went dry.
35.
... think I
speak for everyone here when ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
But I
think I
speak for
everyone here when I
say that what you
now propose bothers us an
awful lot more.'
36.
... think, I
went carefully over that evening ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
37.
... think, is
the root of our troubles.
BB
How It Works, p.62
That, we
think, is the
root of
our
troubles.
38.
... think it's
a shame that you are ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
'
Bill,' he
said, 'I
think it's a
shame that you are
financially so
hard up.
39.
... think it
dangerous if he rushes headlong ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
40.
... think it
has its advantages when reasonably ...
BB
To Wives, p.110
Some, but not all of us,
think it has
its advantages when
reasonably used.
41.
... think it
is not.
BB
Working With Others, p.98
This may
seem inconsistent, but we
think
it is not.
42.
... think it
logically follows that sobriety -- first, ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
This
being so, we
think it
logically follows that
sobriety --
first,
last, and all the
time -- is the
only
thing we
need to
work for.
43.
... think it
more sane and logical to ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
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."
44.
... think it
no concern of ours what ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
45.
... think it
over.
BB
Working With Others, p.95
Give him a
chance to
think it
over.
46.
... think it
through a little further.
12&12
Step Six, p.66
Some who
feel they have
done well may
dispute this, so
let's
try to
think it
through a
little further.
47.
... think its
effectiveness would be increased if ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
None of us
makes a
sole vocation of this
work,
nor do we
think its effectiveness would be
increased if we did.
48.
... think life
doesn't treat him right.
BB
How It Works, p.61
He
begins to
think life doesn't
treat him
right.
49.
... think much
of us to begin with.
12&12
Step Eight, p.78
We've
repeatedly strained the
patience of
our
best friends to a
snapping point, and have
brought out the
very worst in
those who didn't
think much of us to
begin with.
50.
... think nor
act to good purpose until ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.91
51.
... think not.
BB
Into Action, p.84
We think not.
52.
... think now
about the man who first ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
We'll
think now about the
man who
first uttered the
prayer.
53.
... think of
a few people who know ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
We
shall at
once think of a
few people who
know all about our
drinking, and who have been most
affected by it.
54.
... think of
another case brought in by ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
55.
... think of
giving them up, at least ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
56.
... think of
liking lust seems impossible.
12&12
Step Six, p.66
57.
... think of
one member who has spent ...
BB
To Employers, p.136
58.
... think of
our day's work and the ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of
some
special problem that
it may
bring.
59.
... think of
some of the subtler ones ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
Let us
think of some of the
subtler ones which can
sometimes be
quite as
damaging.
60.
... think of
the hours to come.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
In the
morning we
think of
the
hours to
come.
61.
... think of
their needs and work for ...
BB
How It Works, p.70
We
think of their
needs and
work for them.
62.
... think of
these people at all?
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
Why do we have to
think of these
people at all?
63.
... think of
this list as defects of ...
12&12
Step Four, p.48
Some
others will think of this
list as
defects of
character.
64.
Think of
what you can bring to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
Think of what you can
bring to
it.
65.
... think of
what you can put into ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
You, as
well as your
husband,
ought to
think of what you can
put into
life instead of how
much you can
take out.
66.
... think of
what you will get out ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
Do not
think of what you
will get out of the
occasion.
67.
... think once
more how he can drink ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
But when he
gets over the
spree, he
begins to
think once more
how he can
drink moderately next time.
68.
... think or
be reminded about alcohol at ...
BB
Working With Others, pp.100-101
People have
said we
must not
go where
liquor is
served; we
must not have it in our
homes; we
must shun friends who
drink; we
must avoid moving pictures which
show drinking scenes; we
must not
go into
bars; our
friends must hide their
bottles if we
go to their
houses; we
mustn't think or be
reminded about
alcohol at
all.
69.
... think or
write.
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
At
one of the
finals I was too
drunk to
think or
write.
70.
... think our
illustration is too ridiculous.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
You may
think our
illustration is too
ridiculous.
71.
... think our
indignation is justified and reasonable ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
72.
... think our
present faith is reasonable, why ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
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."
73.
... think our
profession must take appreciative cognizance ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
74.
... think so.
BB
How It Works, p.62
75.
... think so.
BB
How It Works, p.68
Perhaps there is a
better
way -- we
think so.
76.
... think so.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
77.
... think so
or not.
BB
Into Action, p.78
Telling them what we are
trying to do, we
make no bones about our
drinking; they
usually know it
anyway,
whether we
think so or not.
78.
... think someone
might have observed him.
BB
Into Action, p.73
He
trembles to
think someone might have
observed
him.
79.
... think spirituality
the way of weakness.
BB
How It Works, p.68
80.
... think straight
and no longer craves liquor.
BB
To Employers, p.143
81.
... think straight,
be called anything else?
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
82.
... think, talk,
and act as he wishes.
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
83.
... think that
A.A. doesn't pay off after ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
We
begin to
think that
A.A. doesn't
pay off
after all.
84.
... think that
each group should soon achieve ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
85.
... think that
each group should soon achieve ...
12&12
Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
86.
... think that
if you persevere, the percentage ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
But we
think that if you
persevere, the
percentage of
successes
will gratify you.
87.
... think that
most of the troubles of ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
Then we have the
voices who
cry
for
sex and
more sex; who
bewail the
institution of
marriage;
who
think that most of the
troubles of the
race are
traceable to
sex causes.
88.
... think that
psychologically speaking there is a ...
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
"I
think that
psychologically speaking there is a
point of
advantage in the
approach that is
being made in this
movement that
cannot be
duplicated.
89.
... think that
some day its Fellowship will ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
90.
... think that
such a view is self-centered ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
We
think that
such a
view is
self-
centered and in
direct conflict with the
new way of
living.
91.
... think that
the Twelve Steps can mean ...
12&12
Foreword, p.16
92.
... think that
the whole range of our ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
And we
think that the
whole range of our
needs is
well defined by that
part of
Step Eleven which
says: "...
knowledge of His
will for us
and the
power to
carry that
out."
93.
... think that
they can stop, as he ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
Young people may be
encouraged by this
man's
experience to
think that they
can
stop, as he did, on their
own
will power.
94.
... think that
unless some good and useful ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
So we
think that
unless some
good and
useful purpose is to be
served,
past occurrences should not
be
discussed.
95.
... think the
answer is "No.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
We
think the
answer is "
No.
96.
... think the
business fabric is shot through ...
BB
To Employers, p.137
97.
... think the
kind thing is to lock ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
When they
become too
dangerous, we
think the
kind thing is to
lock them
up, but of
course a
good doctor should
always be
consulted.
98.
... think the
reason is that they never ...
BB
Into Action, p.73
We
think the
reason is that
they
never completed their
housecleaning.
99.
... think their
own character defects have not ...
12&12
Step Four, p.53
100.
... think there
are good reasons.
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
We
think there are
good reasons.
101.
... think, there
is no one we can ...
12&12
Step Three, p.37
Besides, we
think, there is
no one we can
surely trust.
102.
... think, therefore,
that any considerable property of ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
103.
... think, therefore,
that any considerable property of ...
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
104.
... think they
can do without spiritual help.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.27
Some of our
alcoholic readers may
think they can do
without spiritual help.
105.
... think they
can run this group forever?
12&12
Tradition Two, pp.133-134
106.
... think they
have tried faith and found ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to
those who have
lost or
rejected faith than to
those who
never had
any faith at all, for they
think they have
tried faith and
found it
wanting.
107.
... think this
account of our experiences will ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
108.
... think this
an extreme case.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
You may
think this an
extreme
case.
109.
... think this
awareness of a Power greater ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
110.
... think this
method of approach will accomplish ...
BB
To Employers, p.148
111.
... think this
person is in danger.
BB
To Wives, p.109
We
think this
person is in
danger.
112.
... think too
ill of ourselves.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
When these
things happen we
should not
think too
ill of
ourselves.
113.
... think we
are sensible when we urge ...
BB
To Employers, p.148
We
think we are
sensible
when we
urge that you
stop this
waste and
give your
worthwhile man a
chance.
114.
... think we
can render an even greater ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
115.
... think we
do not have enough of ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
They
think we do not have
enough of it, or that it isn't the
right kind.
116.
... think we
have any at all, have ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
117.
... think we
have arrived at what that ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
118.
... think we
have done well enough in ...
BB
Into Action, p.72
119.
... think we
oldtimers were pretty intolerant.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
120.
... think we
ought not to urge them.
BB
Into Action, p.83
121.
... think we
should not serve liquor to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
But some of us
think we should not
serve liquor to
anyone.
122.
... think we'd
joined the wets.
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
Half the
people in this
country would
think we'd
signed up with the
drys, the
other half would
think we'd
joined the
wets.
123.
... think we'd
signed up with the drys, ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
Half the
people in this
country would
think we'd
signed up with the
drys, the
other half would
think we'd
joined the
wets.
124.
... think well
before we choose the person ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
125.
... think, wiser.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
126.
... think: "Yes,
that happened to me"; or, ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
If you have a
drinking problem, we
hope that you may
pause in
reading one of the
forty-
two personal stories and
think: "
Yes, that
happened to me"; or,
more important, "
Yes, I've
felt like that"; or, most
important, "
Yes, I
believe this
program can
work for me too."
127.
... think you
are an atheist, an agnostic, ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
If you
think you are an
atheist, an
agnostic, a
skeptic, or have
any other form of
intellectual pride which
keeps you from
accepting
what is in this
book, I
feel sorry for you.
128.
... think you
are strong enough to beat ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
If you
still think you are
strong enough to
beat the
game alone, that is your
affair.
129.
... think you
ought to resign."
BB
To Employers, p.148
But if you cannot or
will not
stop drinking, I
think you
ought to
resign."
130.
... think you're
just a conceited Irishman who ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
"'
Well,'
said I, 'I
think you're
just a
conceited Irishman who
thinks he can
run the
whole show.'
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