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Word Analysis

"bring" in the Big Book

13

occurrences in 13 passages

By Chapter

Ch. 2: There Is a Solution
2
Ch. 4: We Agnostics
1
Ch. 5: How It Works
1
Ch. 7: Working with Others
1
Ch. 8: To Wives
1
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward
3
Ch. 10: To Employers
1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You
3
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Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(2 passages)

We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 19Read in PDF →
We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 24Read in PDF →

Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)

What a state of mental goose-flesh that used to bring on!
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 54Read in PDF →

Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)

We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 69Read in PDF →

Chapter 7: Working with Others(1 passage)

Think of what you can bring to it.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 102Read in PDF →

Chapter 8: To Wives(1 passage)

Try to have him bring up the subject himself.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 111Read in PDF →

Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(3 passages)

Sometimes they demand that dad bring them back instantly!
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 123Read in PDF →
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.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 124Read in PDF →
He may bring new hope and new courage to many a priest, minister, or rabbi, who gives his all to minister to our troubled world.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 132Read in PDF →

Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)

Why not bring him into contact with some of our alcoholic crowd?
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 138Read in PDF →

Chapter 11: A Vision for You(3 passages)

Why, he argued, should he lose the remainder of his business, only to bring still more suffering to his family by foolishly admitting his plight to people from whom he made his livelihood?
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 155Read in PDF →
They experienced a few distressing failures, but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man’s family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 159Read in PDF →
Aside from fellowship and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 160Read in PDF →