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

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BELIEF   occurs   13 times [8 in BB ... 5 in 12&12] Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... belief, any picture of the alcoholic which ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
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 Working With Others, p.101
In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure.


3.
  ... belief in and dependence upon God.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon God.


4.
  ... belief in ours.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
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 Bill's Story, p.13
Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements.


6.
  ... belief is sure to come to you.  BB We Agnostics, p.55
The consciousness of your belief is sure to come to you.


7.
  Belief meant reliance, not defiance.  12&12 Step Two, p.31
Belief meant reliance, not defiance.


8.
  ... belief: men and women spared from alcohol's ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
In A.A. we saw the fruits of this belief: men and women spared from alcohol's final catastrophe.


9.
  ... belief now.  12&12 Step Two, p.27
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 The Family Afterward, p.133
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 Step Seven, p.71
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; Twelve Steps are only suggestions.  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
A.A. does not demand belief; Twelve Steps are only suggestions.


13.
  ... belief which practically every alcoholic has -- that ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
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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