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... thinks he
can do the job in ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
If he thinks he can do the job in
some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his
own conscience.
2.
... thinks he
can ever drink again, even ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.
3.
... thinks he
can run the whole show.'
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
4.
... thinks he
has the answer.
BB
To Employers, p.144
5.
... thinks he
is not an alcoholic, we ...
BB
To Wives, p.113
6.
... thinks himself
lost to the comfort of ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
7.
... thinks his
mental condition too abnormal or ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor
that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or
dangerous.
8.
... thinks, is
just about the last straw.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
9.
... thinks of
all the bridges to safety ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
His financial insecurity worries him sick, and panic takes over when he thinks of all the bridges to safety that alcohol burned behind him.
10.
... thinks of
little else.
BB
The Family Afterward, pp.125-126
He may either plunge into a
frantic attempt to get on his feet in business, or he may be so enthralled by his new life that he talks or thinks of little else.
11.
... thinks of
yesterday.
12&12
Step Three, p.39
12.
... thinks society
has wronged him; and the ...
BB
How It Works, pp.61-62
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all
would be Utopia if the rest of
the world would only behave;
the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and
the alcoholic who has lost
all and is locked up.
13.
... thinks there
is?
12&12
Step Three, p.35
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over
to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
14.
... thinks, to
admit alcohol has him down ...
12&12
Step Two, p.25
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