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Word Analysis

"returned" in the Big Book

12

occurrences in 12 passages

By Chapter

Ch. 1: Bill's Story
1
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution
1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism
1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics
1
Ch. 6: Into Action
1
Ch. 7: Working with Others
1
Ch. 8: To Wives
1
Ch. 10: To Employers
3
Ch. 11: A Vision for You
2
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)

After a time I returned to the hospital.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 7Read in PDF →

Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(1 passage)

So he returned to this doctor, whom he admired, and asked him point-blank why he could not recover.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 26Read in PDF →

Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)

When I returned to the hotel it struck me a highball would be fine before going to bed, so I stepped into the bar and had one.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 41Read in PDF →

Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)

Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 57Read in PDF →

Chapter 6: Into Action(1 passage)

For by this time sanity will have returned.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 84Read in PDF →

Chapter 7: Working with Others(1 passage)

We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 100Read in PDF →

Chapter 8: To Wives(1 passage)

The majority have never returned.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 114Read in PDF →

Chapter 10: To Employers(3 passages)

My secretary returned to say that it was not Mr. B— on the phone; it was Mr. B—’s brother, and he wished to give me a message.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 136Read in PDF →
He has just returned from a threemonths leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance.”
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 138Read in PDF →
Had they fired me first, and had they then taken steps to see that I was presented with the solution contained in this book, I might have returned to them six months later, a well man.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 141Read in PDF →

Chapter 11: A Vision for You(2 passages)

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Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 154Read in PDF →
He now returned home, leaving behind his first acquaintance, the lawyer and the devil-may-care chap.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 159Read in PDF →