Word Analysis
"resentment" in the Big Book
15
occurrences in 15 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story2
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution1
Ch. 5: How It Works4
Ch. 6: Into Action2
Ch. 7: Working with Others1
Ch. 8: To Wives3
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward1
Ch. 10: To Employers1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(2 passages)
We made a list of people I had hurt or toward whom I felt resentment.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 13Read in PDF →
I was not too well at the time, and was plagued by waves of selfpity and resentment.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 15Read in PDF →
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(1 passage)
It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents—anyone can increase the list.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 18Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(4 passages)
Resentment is the “number one’’ offender.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 64Read in PDF →
It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 66Read in PDF →
But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is in finitely grave.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 66Read in PDF →
We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 68Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(2 passages)
Because of resentment and drinking, he had not paid alimony to his first wife.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 79Read in PDF →
Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 84Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(1 passage)
You should warn against arousing resentment or jealousy.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 100Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(3 passages)
driven to maudlin sympathy, to bitter resentment.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 105Read in PDF →
Never forget that resentment is a deadly hazard to an alcoholic.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 117Read in PDF →
Another feeling we are very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our husbands of alcoholism.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 118Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(1 passage)
Resentment grows.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 126Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)
The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 145Read in PDF →