Topic
Freedom in the Big Book
Every passage about freedom, liberation, and release in the Big Book.
23
references across 23 passages
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By Chapter
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution3
Ch. 4: We Agnostics4
Ch. 5: How It Works2
Ch. 6: Into Action3
Ch. 8: To Wives2
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward2
Ch. 10: To Employers1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You6
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Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(3 passages)
But this man still lives, and is a free man.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 26Read in PDF →
He can go anywhere on this earth where other free men may go
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 26Read in PDF →
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 28Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(4 passages)
Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another’s conception of God.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 46Read in PDF →
But in most fields our generation has witnessed complete liberation of our thinking.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 52Read in PDF →
Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose above their problems.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 55Read in PDF →
We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn’t true.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 55Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(2 passages)
Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 62Read in PDF →
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 66Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(3 passages)
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 75Read in PDF →
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 83Read in PDF →
We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves only.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 87Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(2 passages)
Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums and hospitals of every kind.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 114Read in PDF →
Make him feel absolutely free to come and go as he likes.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 120Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(2 passages)
Joy at our release from a lifetime of
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 128Read in PDF →
We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 133Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)
If he feels free to discuss his problems with you, if he knows you under
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 144Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(6 passages)
It means release from care, boredom and worry.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 151Read in PDF →
There you will find release from care, boredom and worry.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 152Read in PDF →
In there he would find companionship and release.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 154Read in PDF →
That afternoon he put on his clothes and walked from the hospital a free man.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 158Read in PDF →
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone’s home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 159Read in PDF →
Many a man, yet dazed from his hospital experience, has stepped over the threshold of that home into freedom.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 160Read in PDF →