Word Analysis
"happened" in the Big Book
16
occurrences in 16 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story3
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism4
Ch. 4: We Agnostics2
Ch. 5: How It Works1
Ch. 6: Into Action2
Ch. 7: Working with Others1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You2
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(3 passages)
In no time I was beating on the bar asking myself how it happened.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 6Read in PDF →
What had happened?
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 9Read in PDF →
Finally he shook his head saying, “Something has happened to you I don’t understand.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 14Read in PDF →
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(1 passage)
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clearcut idea of what has actually happened in their lives.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 29Read in PDF →
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(4 passages)
On each of these occasions we worked with him, reviewing carefully what had happened.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 35Read in PDF →
We asked him to tell us exactly how it happened.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 36Read in PDF →
Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 37Read in PDF →
But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 37Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(2 passages)
This happened soon after they wholeheartedly met a few simple requirements.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 50Read in PDF →
Without that, nothing could have happened.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 52Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 58Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(2 passages)
This all happened years ago.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 80Read in PDF →
react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 85Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(1 passage)
Tell him exactly what happened to you.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 93Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(2 passages)
The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 153Read in PDF →
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 160Read in PDF →