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Word Analysis

"important" in the Big Book

14

occurrences in 14 passages

By Chapter

Ch. 1: Bill's Story
2
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution
2
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism
1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics
2
Ch. 6: Into Action
1
Ch. 7: Working with Others
3
Ch. 8: To Wives
2
Ch. 11: A Vision for You
1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(2 passages)

I’d prove to the world I was important.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 2Read in PDF →
Drink was taking an important and exhilarating part in my life.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 3Read in PDF →

Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(2 passages)

A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 19Read in PDF →
He has a positive genius for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly when some important decision must be made or engagement kept.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 21Read in PDF →

Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)

“Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 42Read in PDF →

Chapter 4: We Agnostics(2 passages)

When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 51Read in PDF →
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people— was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 52Read in PDF →

Chapter 6: Into Action(1 passage)

It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve what we are driving at;
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 74Read in PDF →

Chapter 7: Working with Others(3 passages)

It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 94Read in PDF →
Suggest how important it is that he place the welfare of other people ahead of his own.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 94Read in PDF →
You will note that we made an important qualification.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 101Read in PDF →

Chapter 8: To Wives(2 passages)

There is an important exception to the foregoing.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 108Read in PDF →
This is important.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 120Read in PDF →

Chapter 11: A Vision for You(1 passage)

cessful in his enterprise, he would have been set on his feet financially which, at the time, seemed vitally important.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 154Read in PDF →