"hard" in the Big Book

That was a hard thought.

They made me swallow hard.

He said, “Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?’’ That statement hit me hard.

Why can’t he?’’ “Why don’t you drink like a gentleman or quit?’’ “That fellow can’t handle his liquor.’’ “Why don’t you try beer and wine?’’ “Lay off the hard stuff.’’ “His will power must be weak.’’ “He could stop if he wanted to.’’ “She’s such a sweet girl, I should think he’d stop for her sake.’’ “The doctor told him that if he ever drank again it would kill him, but there he is all lit up again.’’ Now these are commonplace observations on drinkers which we hear all the time.

Then we have a certain type of hard drinker.

He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.

Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!

I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not been making too hard work of a simple matter.

Though I had been only a nominal churchman, their proposals were not, intellectually, hard to swallow.

We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him.

The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.

Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job—wife or no wife—we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.

You may be unable to do so, no matter how hard you try.

You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace and hard times which will befall you and the children.

We had to learn these things the hard way.

Father knows he is to blame; it may take him many seasons of hard work to be restored financially, but he shouldn’t be reproached.

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children.

Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.

he not work hard and have a knack of getting things done?

If possible express a lack of hard feeling toward him.

They work hard and they play hard.

The proceeding was shot through with much hard feeling and controversy.

As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.