Word Analysis
"possible" in the Big Book
16
occurrences in 16 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics3
Ch. 5: How It Works2
Ch. 7: Working with Others3
Ch. 8: To Wives2
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward2
Ch. 10: To Employers3
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Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)
Let him tell you about it: “I was much impressed with what you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 40Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(3 passages)
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 46Read in PDF →
They said God made these things possible, and we only smiled.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 55Read in PDF →
Our friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: “If there is a God, He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!’’ But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: “Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?’’ While pondering the answer he felt as though he lived in hell.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 56Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(2 passages)
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. 10.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 59Read in PDF →
God makes that possible.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 62Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(3 passages)
When possible, avoid meeting a man through his family.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 91Read in PDF →
See your man alone, if possible.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 91Read in PDF →
You will be making it possible for him to be insincere.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 96Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(2 passages)
It is possible to have a full and useful life, though your husband continues to drink.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 111Read in PDF →
Whenever possible, let your husband explain.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 115Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(2 passages)
It is possible to dig up past misdeeds so they become a blight, a veritable plague.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 124Read in PDF →
We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own stories.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 125Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(3 passages)
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned, are not always so.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 139Read in PDF →
If possible express a lack of hard feeling toward him.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 142Read in PDF →
Though you are providing him with the best possible medical attention, he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 143Read in PDF →