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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... think.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
The
hoop you have to
jump
through is a
lot wider than
you
think.
2.
... think.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
When we are
tempted by the
bait, we should
train ourselves
to
step back and
think.
3.
... think?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Did we not have
confidence in our
ability to
think?
4.
... think.
BB p.81,
Into Action
Not always, we think.
5.
... think.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
The
good old days will soon be back, they
think.
6.
... think.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He is not so
unbalanced as they might
think.
7.
... think a little more closely.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
That was
natural, but let us
think a
little more
closely.
8.
... think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
You might
think A.A.'s
headquarters in New
York
would be an
exception.
9.
... think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Eleven (Long)
10.
... think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
11.
... think about the twenty-four hours ahead.
BB p.86,
Into Action
On
awakening let us
think
about the
twenty-
four hours ahead.
12.
... think about them.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
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 p.37,
Step Three
How
persistently we
claim the
right to
decide all by ourselves just what we shall
think and just how we shall
act.
14.
... think, are basically of our own making.
BB p.62,
How It Works
So our
troubles, we
think,
are
basically of our
own
making.
15.
... think at all.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
Or perhaps he doesn't think at all.
16.
... think badly, try to visualize how we ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we
need only
recognize that we did
act or
think badly,
try to
visualize how we might
have done
better, and
resolve with
God's
help to
carry these
lessons over into
tomorrow,
making, of
course, any
amends still
neglected.
17.
... think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
18.
... think dad will be on a firmer ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
19.
... think each family which has been relieved ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We
think each
family which
has been
relieved owes
something to those who have not, and when the
occasion requires, each
member of it should be only too
willing to bring
former mistakes, no
matter how
grievous, out of their
hiding places.
20.
... think everyone is talking about conditions at ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
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 p.126,
The Family Afterward
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 p.68,
How It Works
Sometimes we
think fear ought
to be
classed with
stealing.
23.
... think few, to whom this book will ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
We
think few, to whom this book will
appeal, can
stay dry anything like a
year.
24.
... think God's will is for other people.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
form ideas as to what we
think God's will is for other
people.
25.
... think he is bodily and mentally different ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
26.
... think he is fooling you, and that ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
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 p.112,
To Wives
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 p.112,
To Wives
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 p.68,
How It Works
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 p.20,
There Is A Solution
"She's such a
sweet girl, I
should
think he'd
stop for her
sake."
31.
... think honestly, encourages you to search diligently ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
32.
... think I can tell you exactly how ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
I
think I can tell you
exactly how to
relax.
33.
... think I know what's wrong.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
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 speak for everyone here when ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
But I
think I
speak for
everyone here when I say that what you now
propose bothers us an
awful lot more.'
35.
... think, I went carefully over that evening ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
"As soon as I
regained my
ability to
think, I went
carefully over that
evening in
Washington.
36.
... think, is the root of our troubles.
BB p.62,
How It Works
That, we
think, is the
root of
our
troubles.
37.
... think it's a shame that you are ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
'
Bill,' he said, 'I
think it's
a
shame that you are
financially so
hard up.
38.
... think it dangerous if he rushes headlong ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
39.
... think it has its advantages when reasonably ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
Some, but not all of us,
think it has
its advantages when
reasonably used.
40.
... think it is not.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
This may
seem inconsistent, but we
think it is not.
41.
... think it logically follows that sobriety -- first, ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
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.
42.
... think it more sane and logical to ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
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."
43.
... think it no concern of ours what ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
We
think it no
concern of
ours what
religious bodies our
members identify themselves with as
individuals.
44.
... think it over.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Give him a
chance to
think it over.
45.
... think it through a little further.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Some who
feel they have done well may
dispute this, so let's
try to
think it through a
little further.
46.
... think its effectiveness would be increased if ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
None of us makes a
sole vocation of this
work, nor do
we
think its effectiveness would be
increased if we did.
47.
... think life doesn't treat him right.
BB p.61,
How It Works
He
begins to
think life doesn't
treat him
right.
48.
... think much of us to begin with.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
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.
49.
... think nor act to good purpose until ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
For we can neither
think nor
act to
good purpose until the
habit of
self-
restraint has
become automatic.
50.
... think not.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We think not.
51.
... think now about the man who first ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
We'll
think now about the
man
who
first uttered the
prayer.
52.
... think of a few people who know ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
We shall at once
think of a few people who
know all about our
drinking,
and who have been most
affected by it.
53.
... think of another case brought in by ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
When I
need a
mental uplift, I often
think of
another
case brought in by a
physician prominent in
New
York.
54.
... think of giving them up, at least ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could
submit
a
good list of such
defects as these, and few of us would
seriously think of
giving them up, at
least until
they
cause us
excessive
misery.
55.
... think of liking lust seems impossible.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
56.
... think of one member who has spent ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many
employers nowadays, we
think of one
member who has
spent much of
his
life in the
world of
big business.
57.
... think of our day's work and the ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
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.
58.
... think of some of the subtler ones ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Let us
think of some of the
subtler ones which can
sometimes be quite as
damaging.
59.
... think of the hours to come.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
In the
morning we
think of
the
hours to
come.
60.
... think of their needs and work for ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We
think of their
needs and
work for them.
61.
... think of these people at all?
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Why do we have to think of these people at all?
62.
... think of this list as defects of ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Some others will
think of this
list as
defects of
character.
63.
Think of what you can bring to ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Think of what you can bring to it.
64.
... think of what you can put into ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
You, as well as your
husband, ought to
think of what you can
put into
life instead of how much you can take out.
65.
... think of what you will get out ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Do not
think of what you will get out of the
occasion.
66.
... think once more how he can drink ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
But when he gets over the
spree, he
begins to
think once more how
he can
drink moderately
next time.
67.
... think or be reminded about alcohol at ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
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.
68.
... think or write.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
At one of the
finals I was too
drunk to
think or
write.
69.
... think our illustration is too ridiculous.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
You may
think our
illustration is too
ridiculous.
70.
... think our indignation is justified and reasonable ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
Therefore we
think our
indignation is
justified and
reasonable -- that our
resentments are the "
right kind."
71.
... think our present faith is reasonable, why ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
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."
72.
... think our profession must take appreciative cognizance ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
73.
... think so.
BB p.62,
How It Works
They
arise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an
extreme
example of
self-will
run riot, though he usually
doesn't
think so.
74.
... think so.
BB p.68,
How It Works
Perhaps there is a
better way -- we
think so.
75.
... think so.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Sometimes
mother and
children don't
think so.
76.
... think so or not.
BB p.78,
Into Action
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.
77.
... think someone might have observed him.
BB p.73,
Into Action
He
trembles to
think
someone might have
observed him.
78.
... think spirituality the way of weakness.
BB p.68,
How It Works
We can
laugh at those who
think spirituality the way
of
weakness.
79.
... think straight and no longer craves liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
80.
... think straight, be called anything else?
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
How can such a
lack of
proportion, of the
ability to
think straight, be called anything else?
81.
... think, talk, and act as he wishes.
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
82.
... think that A.A. doesn't pay off after ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We
begin to
think that
A.A. doesn't
pay off after all.
83.
... think that each group should soon achieve ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
84.
... think that each group should soon achieve ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
85.
... think that if you persevere, the percentage ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
But we
think that if you
persevere, the
percentage of
successes will
gratify
you.
86.
... think that most of the troubles of ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
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.
87.
... think that psychologically speaking there is a ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
"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.
88.
... think that some day its Fellowship will ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being a
large place, we
think
that some
day its Fellowship will
number
many
hundreds.(*)
89.
... think that such a view is self-centered ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We
think that such a
view is
self-
centered and in
direct conflict with the
new way of
living.
90.
... think that the Twelve Steps can mean ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
They
think that the
Twelve
Steps can
mean more than
sobriety for
problem drinkers.
91.
... think that the whole range of our ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
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."
92.
... think that they can stop, as he ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Young people may be
encouraged by this
man's
experience to
think that
they can
stop, as he did, on their
own will
power.
93.
... think that unless some good and useful ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
So we
think that
unless some
good and
useful purpose is to be
served,
past occurrences should
not be
discussed.
94.
... think the answer is "No.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
We
think the
answer is "No.
95.
... think the business fabric is shot through ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
We
think the
business fabric is
shot through with a
situation which might be
helped by
better understanding all around.
96.
... think the kind thing is to lock ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
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.
97.
... think the reason is that they never ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
We
think the
reason is that
they
never completed
their
housecleaning.
98.
... think their own character defects have not ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Some will
object to many of the
questions posed, because
they
think their
own character defects have
not been so
glaring.
99.
... think there are good reasons.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
We
think there are
good reasons.
100.
... think, there is no one we can ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Besides, we
think, there is no one we can
surely trust.
101.
... think, therefore, that any considerable property of ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
102.
... think, therefore, that any considerable property of ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
103.
... think they can do without spiritual help.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Some of our
alcoholic readers may
think they can do
without
spiritual help.
104.
... think they can run this group forever?
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Still more
important,
murmurs are
heard in the
body politic, which
swell into a
loud cry: "Do these
oldtimers
think they can
run this
group forever?
105.
... think they have tried faith and found ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
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.
106.
... think this account of our experiences will ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
107.
... think this an extreme case.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
You may
think this an
extreme case.
108.
... think this awareness of a Power greater ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most of us
think this
awareness of a
Power greater than ourselves is the
essence of
spiritual experience.
109.
... think this method of approach will accomplish ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
We
think this
method of
approach will
accomplish several things.
110.
... think this person is in danger.
BB p.109,
To Wives
We
think this
person is in
danger.
111.
... think too ill of ourselves.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
When these things
happen we should not
think too
ill of ourselves.
112.
... think we are sensible when we urge ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
We
think we are
sensible
when we
urge that you
stop
this
waste and
give your
worthwhile man a
chance.
113.
... think we can render an even greater ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
114.
... think we do not have enough of ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
They
think we do not have
enough of it, or that it isn't the
right kind.
115.
... think we have any at all, have ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We shall
claim that our
serious character defects, if we
think we have
any at all, have been
caused chiefly by
excessive drinking.
116.
... think we have arrived at what that ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Through many
painful experiences, we
think we
have
arrived at what that
policy ought to be.
117.
... think we have done well enough in ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We
think we have done well
enough in
admitting these
things to ourselves.
118.
... think we oldtimers were pretty intolerant.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Maybe you
think we
oldtimers were
pretty intolerant.
119.
... think we ought not to urge them.
BB p.83,
Into Action
Unless one's
family expresses a
desire to
live upon
spiritual principles we
think we
ought not to
urge them.
120.
... think we should not serve liquor to ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
But some of us
think we should not
serve liquor to anyone.
121.
... think we'd joined the wets.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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.
122.
... think we'd signed up with the drys, ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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 well before we choose the person ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Rightly and
naturally,
we
think well before we
choose the
person or
persons with whom to take this
intimate and
confidential step.
124.
... think, wiser.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
Children of
chaos, we
have
defiantly played
with every
brand of
fire,
only to
emerge unharmed
and, we
think,
wiser.
125.
... think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or, ...
BB xii,
Preface
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."
126.
... think you ought to resign."
BB p.148,
To Employers
But if you cannot or will not
stop drinking, I
think you ought
to
resign."
127.
... think you're just a conceited Irishman who ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
"'Well,' said I, 'I
think you're just a
conceited Irishman who
thinks he can
run the
whole show.'
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