Word Analysis
"hold" in the Big Book
12
occurrences in 12 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics1
Ch. 5: How It Works1
Ch. 6: Into Action1
Ch. 8: To Wives4
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward2
Ch. 10: To Employers1
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Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(1 passage)
Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 23Read in PDF →
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)
Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 37Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)
These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout the material world.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 49Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)
Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 58Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(1 passage)
If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to go through with it at the first opportunity.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 74Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(4 passages)
Our loyalty and the desire that our husbands hold up their heads and be like other men have begotten all sorts of predicaments.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 105Read in PDF →
We have tried to hold the love of our children for their father.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 106Read in PDF →
He sometimes drinks in the morning and through the day also, to hold his nervousness in check.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 109Read in PDF →
His friends have slipped away, his home is a near-wreck and he cannot hold a position.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 110Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(2 passages)
If the family persists in criticism, this fallacy may take a still greater hold on father.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 129Read in PDF →
The family may feel they hold a mortgage on dad, so big that no equity should be left for outsiders.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 131Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could have done would have stopped me for, so long as I was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 141Read in PDF →