Word Analysis
"hopeless" in the Big Book
11
occurrences in 11 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story2
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution3
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism2
Ch. 4: We Agnostics1
Ch. 7: Working with Others2
Ch. 8: To Wives1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(2 passages)
I had to be, for I was hopeless.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 10Read in PDF →
While I lay in the hospital the thought came that there were thousands of hopeless alcoholics who might be glad to have what had been so freely given me.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 14Read in PDF →
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(3 passages)
W e, of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 17Read in PDF →
Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 20Read in PDF →
In the doctor’s judgment he was utterly hopeless; he could never regain his position in society and he would have to place himself under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected to live long.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 26Read in PDF →
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(2 passages)
They piled on me heaps of evidence to the effect that an alcoholic mentality, such as I had exhibited in Washington, was a hopeless condition.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 42Read in PDF →
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 43Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster, especially if he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 44Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(2 passages)
If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 92Read in PDF →
The more hopeless he feels, the better.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 94Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(1 passage)
You would suppose that men in the fourth classifi cation would be quite hopeless, but that is not so.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 113Read in PDF →