"problem" in the Big Book

They have solved the drink problem.

If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of the problem would hardly be scratched.

We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it.

This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem.

Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.

When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.

Every means of solving his problem which

So we shall describe some of the mental states that precede a relapse into drinking, for obviously this is the crux of the problem.

Fred would not believe himself an alcoholic, much less accept a spiritual remedy for his problem.

I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated.

Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.

His alcoholic problem was taken away.

Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other.

In other words, we treat sex as we would any other problem.

We often find such a person quick to see and understand our problem.

The feeling that the drink problem has disappeared will often come strongly.

Good generalship may decide that the problem be attacked on the flank rather than risk a face-to-face combat.

Instead, the problem has been removed.

Now, the domestic problem: There may be divorce, separation, or just strained relations.

Ask any woman who has sent her husband to distant places on the theory he would escape the alcohol problem.

Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.

Among us are wives, relatives and friends whose problem has been solved, as well as some who have not yet found a happy solution.

The problem with which you struggle usually falls within one of four categories: One: Your husband may be only a heavy drinker.

This may lay the groundwork for a friendly talk about his alcoholic problem.

Then that terrible tension which grips the home of every problem drinker will be lessened.

If you and your husband find a solution for the pressing problem of drink you are, of course, going to be very happy.

It is the most natural thing in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.

After all, your family is reunited, alcohol is no longer a problem and you and your husband are working together toward an undreamed-of future.

God has either removed your husband’s liquor problem or He has not.

If a repetition is to be prevented, place the problem, along with everything else, in God’s hands.

This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still struggling with their problem.

We think it dangerous if he rushes headlong at his economic problem.

To you, liquor is no real problem.

solve his problem.

But at least he will understand the problem and will no longer be misled by ordinary promises.

any alcoholic problem.”

We believe that managers of large enterprises often have little idea how prevalent this problem is.

Even if you feel your organization has no alcoholic problem, it might pay to take another look down the line.

Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.