From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... thinks he
can do the job in ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
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 p.142,
To Employers
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 p.153,
Tradition Five
4.
... thinks he
has the answer.
BB p.144,
To Employers
5.
... thinks he
is not an alcoholic, we ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
6.
... thinks himself
lost to the comfort of ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
7.
... thinks his
mental condition too abnormal or ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
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 p.26,
Step Two
9.
... thinks of
all the bridges to safety ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
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 p.126,
The Family Afterward
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 p.39,
Step Three
12.
... thinks society
has wronged him; and the ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
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 p.35,
Step Three
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 p.25,
Step Two
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