Word Analysis
"chance" in the Big Book
21
occurrences in 21 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics1
Ch. 5: How It Works1
Ch. 6: Into Action1
Ch. 7: Working with Others6
Ch. 8: To Wives3
Ch. 10: To Employers7
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)
Then I went on a prodigious bender, and that chance vanished.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 5Read in PDF →
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)
If he is a real alcoholic and very far advanced, there is scant chance of success.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 34Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)
It is not by chance we were given the power to reason, to examine the evidence of our senses, and to draw conclusions.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 53Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)
If we do, we destroy our chance of being helpful.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 67Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(1 passage)
Small wonder many in the medical profession have a low opinion of alcoholics and their chance for recovery!
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 73Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(6 passages)
But insist that if he is severely afflicted, there may be little chance he can recover by himself.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 92Read in PDF →
Give him a chance to think it over.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 95Read in PDF →
He often says that if he had continued to work on them, he might have deprived many others, who have since recovered, of their chance.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 96Read in PDF →
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 97Read in PDF →
You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 100Read in PDF →
His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 101Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(3 passages)
If he gets the idea that you are a nag or a killjoy, your chance of accomplishing anything useful may be zero.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 111Read in PDF →
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or dangerous.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 114Read in PDF →
The slightest sign of fear or intolerance may lessen your husband’s chance of recovery.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 120Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(7 passages)
I had warned him several times that he had but one more chance.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 136Read in PDF →
He has just returned from a threemonths leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance.”
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 138Read in PDF →
He might have a chance.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 138Read in PDF →
Naturally this sort of thing decreased the man’s chance of recovery.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 145Read in PDF →
If, on the contrary, you are sure he is doing his utmost, you may wish to give him another chance.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 147Read in PDF →
If he wants to stop, he should be afforded a real chance.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 148Read in PDF →
We think we are sensible when we urge that you stop this waste and give your worthwhile man a chance.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 148Read in PDF →