Word Analysis
"live" in the Big Book
29
occurrences in 27 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story1
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution2
Ch. 4: We Agnostics2
Ch. 5: How It Works4
Ch. 6: Into Action4
Ch. 7: Working with Others4
Ch. 8: To Wives7
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward3
Ch. 10: To Employers1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)
We went to live with my wife’s parents.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 4Read in PDF →
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(2 passages)
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by hundreds are dropping into oblivion every day.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 19Read 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 4: We Agnostics(2 passages)
To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 44Read in PDF →
We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 45Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(4 passages)
Most people try to live by self-propulsion.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 60Read in PDF →
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 62Read in PDF →
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 66Read in PDF →
We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 69Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(4 passages)
expect to live long or happily in this world.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 74Read in PDF →
We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 76Read in PDF →
We have to live it.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 83Read in PDF →
Unless one’s family expresses a desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not to urge them.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 83Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(4 passages)
The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 93Read in PDF →
To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be happy.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 96Read in PDF →
We seldom allow an alcoholic to live in our homes for long at a time.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 97Read in PDF →
Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 100Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(6 passages)
We came to live almost alone.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 105Read in PDF →
In the midst of such pandemonium they may have rushed out threatening to live with the other woman forever.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 106Read in PDF →
These work-outs should be regarded as part of your education, for thus you will be learning to live.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 117Read in PDF →
If your husband is trying to live on a spiritual basis, he will also be doing everything in his power to avoid disagreement or contention.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 118Read in PDF →
Live and let live is the rule.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 118Read in PDF →
Therefore, you probably need fresh interests and a great cause to live for as much as your husband.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 119Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(2 passages)
One more suggestion: Whether the family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 130Read in PDF →
Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 135Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)
For he knows he must be honest if he would live at all.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 146Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(1 passage)
If you live in a large place, there are hundreds.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 152Read in PDF →