From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BELIEF occurs
12 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... belief, any
picture of the alcoholic which ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
In our
belief, any
picture
of the
alcoholic which
leaves out this
physical factor is
incomplete.
2.
... belief any
scheme of combating alcoholism which ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
3.
... belief in
and dependence upon God.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
4.
... belief in
ours.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
We are
greatly indebted
to the
doctor in
attendance there, for he, although it might
prejudice his
own work, has told us of his
belief
in ours.
5.
Belief in
the power of God, plus ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
6.
... belief is
sure to come to you.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
The
consciousness of your
belief is
sure to
come to you.
7.
Belief meant
reliance, not defiance.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
8.
... belief: men
and women spared from alcohol's ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
In
A.A. we saw the
fruits of
this
belief:
men and
women spared from
alcohol's
final catastrophe.
9.
... belief now.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
I can't say upon what
occasion or upon what
day I
came to
believe in a
Power greater than myself, but I
certainly have that
belief
now.
10.
... belief that
this life is a vale ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We cannot
subscribe to the
belief that this
life is a
vale of
tears, though it once
was just that for many of us.
11.
... belief that
to satisfy our basic natural ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Nor do we
enter into
debate
with the many who still so
passionately cling to the
belief that to
satisfy our
basic natural desires is the
main object of
life.
12.
... belief which
practically every alcoholic has -- that ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Then he
fell victim to a
belief which
practically every
alcoholic has -- that his
long period of
sobriety and
self-
discipline had
qualified him to
drink as
other
men.
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