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Word Analysis

"likes" in the Big Book

10

occurrences in 10 passages

By Chapter

Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism
2
Ch. 5: How It Works
1
Ch. 6: Into Action
1
Ch. 7: Working with Others
3
Ch. 8: To Wives
1
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward
1
Ch. 10: To Employers
1
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Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(2 passages)

No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 30Read in PDF →
Everybody likes him.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 35Read in PDF →

Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)

Likes Brown. sex relations— Wants house put in Security (fear) her name.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 65Read in PDF →

Chapter 6: Into Action(1 passage)

This is the one he likes his fellows to see.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 73Read in PDF →

Chapter 7: Working with Others(3 passages)

He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 93Read in PDF →
If you do stay, let him steer the conversation in any direction he likes.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 95Read in PDF →
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 103Read in PDF →

Chapter 8: To Wives(1 passage)

Make him feel absolutely free to come and go as he likes.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 120Read in PDF →

Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(1 passage)

Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 129Read in PDF →

Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)

Whether your employee likes it or not, he will learn the grim truth about alcoholism.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 144Read in PDF →