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THINK   occurs   130 times 85 in BB  •  45 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   thinks
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1.
  ... think?  BB We Agnostics, p.54
Did we not have confidence in our ability to think?


2.
  ... think.  BB Into Action, p.81
Not always, we think.


3.
  ... think.  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
The good old days will soon be back, they think.


4.
  ... think.  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
He is not so unbalanced as they might think.


5.
  ... think.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
The hoop you have to jump through is a lot wider than you think.


6.
  ... think.  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
When we are tempted by the bait, we should train ourselves to step back and think.


7.
  ... think a little more closely.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
That was natural, but let us think a little more closely.


8.
  ... think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
You might think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would be an exception.


9.
  ... think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
We think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.


10.
  ... think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.  12&12 Tradition Eleven (Long), p.192
We think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising.


11.
  ... think about the twenty-four hours ahead.  BB Into Action, p.86
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.


12.
  ... think about them.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
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 Step Three, p.37
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 How It Works, p.62
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.


15.
  ... think at all.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
Or perhaps he doesn't think at all.


16.
  ... think badly, try to visualize how we ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
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 The Family Afterward, p.132
So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness.


18.
  ... think dad will be on a firmer ...  BB The Family Afterward, pp.129-130
Though some of his manifestations are alarming and disagreeable, we think dad will be on a firmer foundation than the man who is placing business or professional success ahead of spiritual development.


19.
  ... think each family which has been relieved ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
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 To Wives, p.114
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 The Family Afterward, p.126
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 How It Works, pp.67-68
Sometimes we think fear ought to be classed with stealing.


23.
  ... think few, to whom this book will ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
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 Step Eleven, p.104
We form ideas as to what we think God's will is for other people.


25.
  ... think he is bodily and mentally different ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows.


26.
  ... think he is fooling you, and that ...  BB To Employers, p.142
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 To Wives, p.112
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 To Wives, p.112
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 How It Works, p.68
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 There Is A Solution, p.20
"She's such a sweet girl, I should think he'd stop for her sake."


31.
  ... think honestly, encourages you to search diligently ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
If our testimony helps sweep away prejudice, enables you to think honestly, encourages you to search diligently within yourself, then, if you wish, you can join us on the Broad Highway.


32.
  ... think I can tell you exactly how ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
I think I can tell you exactly how to relax.


33.
  ... think I know what's wrong.'  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
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 must have been thoroughly scared ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a drink again until the country went dry.


35.
  ... think I speak for everyone here when ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'


36.
  ... think, I went carefully over that evening ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
"As soon as I regained my ability to think, I went carefully over that evening in Washington.


37.
  ... think, is the root of our troubles.  BB How It Works, p.62
That, we think, is the root of our troubles.


38.
  ... think it's a shame that you are ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
'Bill,' he said, 'I think it's a shame that you are financially so hard up.


39.
  ... think it dangerous if he rushes headlong ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
We think it dangerous if he rushes headlong at his economic problem.


40.
  ... think it has its advantages when reasonably ...  BB To Wives, p.110
Some, but not all of us, think it has its advantages when reasonably used.


41.
  ... think it is not.  BB Working With Others, p.98
This may seem inconsistent, but we think it is not.


42.
  ... think it logically follows that sobriety -- first, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
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.


43.
  ... think it more sane and logical to ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
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."


44.
  ... think it no concern of ours what ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
We think it no concern of ours what religious bodies our members identify themselves with as individuals.


45.
  ... think it over.  BB Working With Others, p.95
Give him a chance to think it over.


46.
  ... think it through a little further.  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Some who feel they have done well may dispute this, so let's try to think it through a little further.


47.
  ... think its effectiveness would be increased if ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did.


48.
  ... think life doesn't treat him right.  BB How It Works, p.61
He begins to think life doesn't treat him right.


49.
  ... think much of us to begin with.  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
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.


50.
  ... think nor act to good purpose until ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
For we can neither think nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.


51.
  ... think not.  BB Into Action, p.84
We think not.


52.
  ... think now about the man who first ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
We'll think now about the man who first uttered the prayer.


53.
  ... think of a few people who know ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
We shall at once think of a few people who know all about our drinking, and who have been most affected by it.


54.
  ... think of another case brought in by ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
When I need a mental uplift, I often think of another case brought in by a physician prominent in New York.


55.
  ... think of giving them up, at least ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
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.


56.
  ... think of liking lust seems impossible.  12&12 Step Six, p.66
To think of liking lust seems impossible.


57.
  ... think of one member who has spent ...  BB To Employers, p.136
Among many employers nowadays, we think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.


58.
  ... think of our day's work and the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
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.


59.
  ... think of some of the subtler ones ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Let us think of some of the subtler ones which can sometimes be quite as damaging.


60.
  ... think of the hours to come.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
In the morning we think of the hours to come.


61.
  ... think of their needs and work for ...  BB How It Works, p.70
We think of their needs and work for them.


62.
  ... think of these people at all?  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
Why do we have to think of these people at all?


63.
  ... think of this list as defects of ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
Some others will think of this list as defects of character.


64.
  Think of what you can bring to ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
Think of what you can bring to it.


65.
  ... think of what you can put into ...  BB To Wives, p.120
You, as well as your husband, ought to think of what you can put into life instead of how much you can take out.


66.
  ... think of what you will get out ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
Do not think of what you will get out of the occasion.


67.
  ... think once more how he can drink ...  BB To Wives, p.109
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.


68.
  ... think or be reminded about alcohol at ...  BB Working With Others, pp.100-101
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.


69.
  ... think or write.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
At one of the finals I was too drunk to think or write.


70.
  ... think our illustration is too ridiculous.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
You may think our illustration is too ridiculous.


71.
  ... think our indignation is justified and reasonable ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
Therefore we think our indignation is justified and reasonable -- that our resentments are the "right kind."


72.
  ... think our present faith is reasonable, why ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
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."


73.
  ... think our profession must take appreciative cognizance ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
I think our profession must take appreciative cognizance of this great therapeutic weapon.


74.
  ... think so.  BB How It Works, p.62
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.


75.
  ... think so.  BB How It Works, p.68
Perhaps there is a better way -- we think so.


76.
  ... think so.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Sometimes mother and children don't think so.


77.
  ... think so or not.  BB Into Action, p.78
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.


78.
  ... think someone might have observed him.  BB Into Action, p.73
He trembles to think someone might have observed him.


79.
  ... think spirituality the way of weakness.  BB How It Works, p.68
We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness.


80.
  ... think straight and no longer craves liquor.  BB To Employers, p.143
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can think straight and no longer craves liquor.


81.
  ... think straight, be called anything else?  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


82.
  ... think, talk, and act as he wishes.  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.


83.
  ... think that A.A. doesn't pay off after ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
We begin to think that A.A. doesn't pay off after all.


84.
  ... think that each group should soon achieve ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


85.
  ... think that each group should soon achieve ...  12&12 Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


86.
  ... think that if you persevere, the percentage ...  BB To Employers, p.144
But we think that if you persevere, the percentage of successes will gratify you.


87.
  ... think that most of the troubles of ...  BB How It Works, p.69
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.


88.
  ... think that psychologically speaking there is a ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
"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.


89.
  ... think that some day its Fellowship will ...  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Being a large place, we think that some day its Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)


90.
  ... think that such a view is self-centered ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
We think that such a view is self-centered and in direct conflict with the new way of living.


91.
  ... think that the Twelve Steps can mean ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
They think that the Twelve Steps can mean more than sobriety for problem drinkers.


92.
  ... think that the whole range of our ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
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."


93.
  ... think that they can stop, as he ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Young people may be encouraged by this man's experience to think that they can stop, as he did, on their own will power.


94.
  ... think that unless some good and useful ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
So we think that unless some good and useful purpose is to be served, past occurrences should not be discussed.


95.
  ... think the answer is "No.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
We think the answer is "No.


96.
  ... think the business fabric is shot through ...  BB To Employers, p.137
We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which might be helped by better understanding all around.


97.
  ... think the kind thing is to lock ...  BB To Wives, p.114
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.


98.
  ... think the reason is that they never ...  BB Into Action, p.73
We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning.


99.
  ... think their own character defects have not ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have not been so glaring.


100.
  ... think there are good reasons.  BB We Agnostics, p.48
We think there are good reasons.


101.
  ... think, there is no one we can ...  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Besides, we think, there is no one we can surely trust.


102.
  ... think, therefore, that any considerable property of ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual.


103.
  ... think, therefore, that any considerable property of ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual.


104.
  ... think they can do without spiritual help.  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
Some of our alcoholic readers may think they can do without spiritual help.


105.
  ... think they can run this group forever?  12&12 Tradition Two, pp.133-134
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?


106.
  ... think they have tried faith and found ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
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.


107.
  ... think this account of our experiences will ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
We think this account of our experiences will help everyone to better understand the alcoholic.


108.
  ... think this an extreme case.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
You may think this an extreme case.


109.
  ... think this awareness of a Power greater ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
Most of us think this awareness of a Power greater than ourselves is the essence of spiritual experience.


110.
  ... think this method of approach will accomplish ...  BB To Employers, p.148
We think this method of approach will accomplish several things.


111.
  ... think this person is in danger.  BB To Wives, p.109
We think this person is in danger.


112.
  ... think too ill of ourselves.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves.


113.
  ... think we are sensible when we urge ...  BB To Employers, p.148
We think we are sensible when we urge that you stop this waste and give your worthwhile man a chance.


114.
  ... think we can render an even greater ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and perhaps to the medical fraternity.


115.
  ... think we do not have enough of ...  BB How It Works, p.69
They think we do not have enough of it, or that it isn't the right kind.


116.
  ... think we have any at all, have ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
We shall claim that our serious character defects, if we think we have any at all, have been caused chiefly by excessive drinking.


117.
  ... think we have arrived at what that ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be.


118.
  ... think we have done well enough in ...  BB Into Action, p.72
We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves.


119.
  ... think we oldtimers were pretty intolerant.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
Maybe you think we oldtimers were pretty intolerant.


120.
  ... think we ought not to urge them.  BB Into Action, p.83
Unless one's family expresses a desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not to urge them.


121.
  ... think we should not serve liquor to ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
But some of us think we should not serve liquor to anyone.


122.
  ... think we'd joined the wets.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
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 we'd signed up with the drys, ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
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.


124.
  ... think well before we choose the person ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step.


125.
  ... think, wiser.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.


126.
  ... think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or, ...  BB Preface, p.xii
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."


127.
  ... think you are an atheist, an agnostic, ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you.


128.
  ... think you are strong enough to beat ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.


129.
  ... think you ought to resign."  BB To Employers, p.148
But if you cannot or will not stop drinking, I think you ought to resign."


130.
  ... think you're just a conceited Irishman who ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
"'Well,' said I, 'I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'


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