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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

theological
theoretical
theorizing
THEORY   occurs   12 times 8 in BB  •  4 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   theories
therapeutic
therapist
therapy

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1.
  ... theory.  BB Bill's Story, p.10
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 Into Action, p.83
The spiritual life is not a theory.


3.
  ... theory at all; it will be just ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
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 Working With Others, p.101
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 Into Action, p.78
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 Step Three, p.35
Maybe this all sounds mysterious and remote, something like Einstein's theory of relativity or a proposition in nuclear physics.


7.
  ... theory or gadget which does not work ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
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 Step Seven, p.71
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 Bill's Story, p.2
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 Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
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 The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
The doctor's theory that we have an allergy to alcohol interests us.


12.
  ... theory wrong.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.97
But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory wrong.


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