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1.
  ... thought.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
That was a hard thought.


2.
  ... thought.  BB To Wives, p.107
There could be no love in such persons, we thought.


3.
  ... thought.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought.


4.
  ... thought.  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought.


5.
  ... thought a great deal about the relationship ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have come to the conclusion that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.


6.
  ... thought a lunacy commission should be appointed.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
Our friends thought a lunacy commission should be appointed.


7.
  ... thought a round earth preposterous.  BB We Agnostics, p.51
Some of the contemporaries of Columbus thought a round earth preposterous.


8.
  ... thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for its quick energy value at times of fatigue.


9.
  ... thought an overdose of religious education.  BB We Agnostics, p.56
He attended church school, where he became rebellious at what he thought an overdose of religious education.


10.
  ... thought and action.  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


11.
  ... thought and attitude.  BB To Employers, p.143
To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude.


12.
  ... thought as we did.  12&12 Step Two, p.30
We found many in A.A. who once thought as we did.


13.
  ... thought brings us to Step Ten, which ...  BB Into Action, p.84
This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along.


14.
  ... thought by many of A.A.'s friends that ...  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.


15.
  ... thought came.  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Then, like a thunderbolt, a great thought came.


16.
  ... thought came that there were thousands of ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
While I lay in the hospital the thought came that there were thousands of hopeless alcoholics who might be glad to have what had been so freely given me.


17.
  ... thought came to mind that it would ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple of cocktails with dinner.


18.
  ... thought caused it.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance, regardless of who or what we thought caused it.


19.
  ... thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn't to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics.


20.
  ... thought, could go into business, might finance ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in the total field of alcoholism.


21.
  ... thought crossed my mind that if I ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
"Suddenly the thought crossed my mind that if I were to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldn't hurt me on a full stomach.


22.
  ... thought during the period of premeditation of ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences might be.


23.
  ... thought, for blasphemy.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
There must be a heavy penalty, it was thought, for blasphemy.


24.
  ... thought God was looking after becomes a ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Maybe there are serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty.


25.
  ... thought good character was desirable, but obviously ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
True, most of us thought good character was desirable, but obviously good character was something one needed to get on with the business of being self-satisfied.


26.
  ... thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.


27.
  ... thought he ought to be willing to ...  BB Into Action, p.79
We thought he ought to be willing to do that if necessary, but if he were in jail he could provide nothing for either family.


28.
  ... thought he was an atheist.  BB We Agnostics, p.55
In this book you will read the experience of a man who thought he was an atheist.


29.
  ... thought he was getting control of his ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.


30.
  ... thought himself quite incapable.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
He finds himself in possession of a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable.


31.
  ... thought I could control the situation, and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
Nevertheless, I still thought I could control the situation, and there were periods of sobriety which renewed my wife's hope.


32.
  ... thought I had better go to Canada.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
He had plenty of money left and thought I had better go to Canada.


33.
  ... thought I would get a sandwich.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
I just thought I would get a sandwich.


34.
  ... thought, if they worked for A.A. real ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
They could regain some measure of virtue, it was thought, if they worked for A.A. real cheap.


35.
  ... thought is that you should never tell ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Our next thought is that you should never tell him what he must do about his drinking.


36.
  ... thought, is totally unscientific.  12&12 Step Two, p.27
This A.A. business, I thought, is totally unscientific.


37.
  ... thought it better to give comfort than ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.


38.
  ... thought it could do no harm.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I learned that it was something of a spiritual nature, which did not appeal to me very much, but I thought it could do no harm.


39.
  ... thought it necessary to go much further.  BB Into Action, p.72
Many of us thought it necessary to go much further.


40.
  ... thought it was.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True ambition is not what we thought it was.


41.
  ... thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Three years ago, when my head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me of the idea of helping drunks by spirituality, I thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've changed my mind.


42.
  ... thought knew anything about it.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I read everything I could find, and talked to everyone who I thought knew anything about it.


43.
  ... thought-life will be placed on a much ...  BB Into Action, p.86
Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.


44.
  ... thought myself alcoholic and if I were ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
They grinned, which I didn't like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I were really licked this time.


45.
  ... thought of a Czar of the Heavens, ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens, however loving His sway might be.


46.
  ... thought of a drastic housecleaning which requires ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
He may rebel at the thought of a drastic housecleaning which requires discussion with other people.


47.
  ... thought of a few of my alcoholic ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I thought of a few of my alcoholic friends, who were making as much money as ever.


48.
  ... thought of Alcoholics Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
They immediately thought of Alcoholics Anonymous.


49.
  ... thought of all the ex-drunks who wouldn't ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of all the ex-drunks who wouldn't even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.


50.
  ... thought of charge.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
To 1950, the year of his death, he carried the A.A. message to more than 5,000 alcoholic men and women, and to all these he gave his medical services without thought of charge.


51.
  ... thought of drink has never returned; and ...  BB We Agnostics, p.57
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.


52.
  ... thought of drinking.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
Still no thought of drinking.


53.
  ... thought of Lois coming home exhausted from ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I thought of Lois coming home exhausted from the department store each day, only to cook supper for a houseful of drunks who weren't paying board.


54.
  ... thought of making honesty, tolerance, and true ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
We never thought of making honesty, tolerance, and true love of man and God the daily basis of living.


55.
  ... thought of my poor wife.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
I thought of my poor wife.


56.
  ... thought of others and how we may ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.


57.
  ... thought of rewriting the laws of the ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
We seriously thought of rewriting the laws of the land, and having it declared that alcoholics are sick people.


58.
  ... thought of the consequences at all.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
This time I had not thought of the consequences at all.


59.
  ... thought of the large sum of money ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I thought of the large sum of money still owing my Wall Street creditors.


60.
  ... thought of what they could now do ...  BB A Vision For You, pp.160-161
He and his wife would leave elated by the thought of what they could now do for some stricken acquaintance and his family.


61.
  ... thought, on the whole, we were pretty ...  BB To Wives, p.116
We thought, on the whole, we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.


62.
  ... thought only of recapturing the spirit of ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
Unmindful of his welfare, I thought only of recapturing the spirit of other days.


63.
  ... thought or a decision.  BB Into Action, p.86
Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision.


64.
  ... thought or act that appears to be ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong.


65.
  ... thought or action.  BB Into Action, p.87
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.


66.
  ... thought or done.  12&12 Step Five, pp.57-58
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.


67.
  ... thought or effort on our part.  BB Into Action, p.85
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.


68.
  ... thought otherwise.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
But oddly enough, people who had money thought otherwise.


69.
  ... thought, our Society of Alcoholics Anonymous might ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Why, we thought, our Society of Alcoholics Anonymous might prove to be the spearhead of a new spiritual advance!


70.
  ... thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude.


71.
  ... thought she saw something different about her ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different about her husband already.


72.
  ... thought she should be.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
She looked interested, but not as excited as I thought she should be.


73.
  ... thought so well of myself and my ...  BB Bill's Story, p.8
I, who had thought so well of myself and my abilities, of my capacity to surmount obstacles, was cornered at last.


74.
  ... thought supplanted by "Well, I'll stop with ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
Only to have that thought supplanted by "Well, I'll stop with the sixth drink."


75.
  ... thought that faith and dependence upon a ...  BB We Agnostics, pp.45-46
We were bothered with the thought that faith and dependence upon a Power beyond ourselves was somewhat weak, even cowardly.


76.
  ... thought that I was safe.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
When beer first came back, I thought that I was safe.


77.
  ... thought that, in God's hands, the dark ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others.


78.
  ... thought that man, risen so majestically from ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
How he does cherish the thought that man, risen so majestically from a single cell in the primordial ooze, is the spearhead of evolution and therefore the only god that his universe knows!


79.
  ... thought that no alcoholic man or woman ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous and there was to be no professional class of therapy.


80.
  ... thought that the contents of a book ...  BB To Wives, p.118
We do not like the thought that the contents of a book or the work of another alcoholic has accomplished in a few weeks that for which we struggled for years.


81.
  ... thought the anonymity of A.A. was better ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
There was actually a time when the press of America thought the anonymity of A.A. was better for us than some of our own members did.


82.
  ... thought the isolation problem had been solved.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
We thought the isolation problem had been solved.


83.
  ... thought), the spoils of victory would be ...  12&12 Step Two, p.29
Since we were brighter than most folks (so we thought), the spoils of victory would be ours for the thinking.


84.
  ... thought the treatment a waste of effort, ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.


85.
  ... thought they had humbled themselves.  BB Into Action, p.73
They only thought they had lost their egoism and fear; they only thought they had humbled themselves.


86.
  ... thought they had lost their egoism and ...  BB Into Action, p.73
They only thought they had lost their egoism and fear; they only thought they had humbled themselves.


87.
  ... thought they knew anything about the subject ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
It must be remembered that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of alcoholism.


88.
  ... thought they should be helped.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped.


89.
  ... thought, to place their message and unique ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the world.


90.
  ... thought, to rebuild our shattered fortunes.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
There simply wouldn't be time, we thought, to rebuild our shattered fortunes.


91.
  ... thought to the wives of his new ...  BB To Wives, p.119
We suggest that you direct some of your thought to the wives of his new alcoholic friends.


92.
  ... thought was expressed that there might be ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
When the thought was expressed that there might be a God personal to me this feeling was intensified.


93.
  ... thought was happiness.  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
But whenever we had to choose between character and comfort, the character-building was lost in the dust of our chase after what we thought was happiness.


94.
  ... thought was leadership.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership.


95.
  ... thought was "Which of us may be ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
Our unspoken, constant thought was "Which of us may be the next?"


96.
  ... thought we could find an easier, softer ...  BB How It Works, p.58
We thought we could find an easier, softer way.


97.
  ... thought we deserved a pile of folding ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
When you add to this the habitual supposition that people ought to give money to alcoholics trying to stay sober, it can be understood why we thought we deserved a pile of folding money.


98.
  ... thought we had to hide from public ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Though ex-drinkers, we still thought we had to hide from public distrust and contempt.


99.
  ... thought we led before the bottle cut ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.


100.
  ... thought we wanted.  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted.


101.
  ... thought we were atheists or agnostics.  BB We Agnostics, p.44
But cheer up, something like half of us thought we were atheists or agnostics.


102.
  ... thought we were helping others to understand ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.


103.
  ... thought we were so inhospitable.  BB To Wives, p.106
The bill collectors, the sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home -- our husbands thought we were so inhospitable.


104.
  ... thought we'd build a hospital chain of ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
Hospitals didn't like alcoholics, so we thought we'd build a hospital chain of our own.


105.
  ... thought well before taking this step making ...  BB How It Works, p.63
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.


106.
  ... thought were so derived.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
We had long talks when I would still her forebodings by telling her that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that the most majestic constructions of philosophic thought were so derived.


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