Word Analysis
"brought" in the Big Book
12
occurrences in 12 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism2
Ch. 4: We Agnostics5
Ch. 5: How It Works1
Ch. 8: To Wives3
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)
The exercise of an option brought in more money, leaving us with a profit of several thousand dollars for that year.
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Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(2 passages)
Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 35Read in PDF →
been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 43Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(5 passages)
To others, the word “God’’ brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone had tried to impress them during childhood.
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The outlines and the promise of the New Land had brought lustre to tired eyes and fresh courage to flagging spirits.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 53Read in PDF →
We were grateful that Reason had brought us so far.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 53Read in PDF →
Without knowing it, had we not been brought to where we stood by a certain kind of faith?
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 53Read in PDF →
Post-war disillusionment, ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the point of self-destruction.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 56Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)
It set in motion trains of circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt we didn’t deserve.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 67Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(3 passages)
not have brought the pay envelopes home.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 106Read in PDF →
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.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 106Read in PDF →
be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point where he could have a spiritual experience.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 119Read in PDF →