Word Analysis
"trouble" in the Big Book
15
occurrences in 15 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story1
Ch. 2: There Is a Solution1
Ch. 3: More About Alcoholism1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics2
Ch. 5: How It Works2
Ch. 6: Into Action3
Ch. 7: Working with Others1
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward3
Ch. 11: A Vision for You1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)
There is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 15Read in PDF →
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution(1 passage)
Moderate drinkers have little trouble in giving up liquor entirely if they have good reason for it.
Chapter 2: There Is a Solution · Page 20Read in PDF →
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism(1 passage)
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not been making too hard work of a simple matter.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism · Page 40Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(2 passages)
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people— was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 52Read in PDF →
For years thereafter he was dogged by trouble and frustration.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 56Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(2 passages)
What is his basic trouble?
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 61Read in PDF →
It seems to cause more trouble.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 68Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(3 passages)
We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 72Read in PDF →
That’s a common form of trouble too.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 79Read in PDF →
We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 85Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(1 passage)
If he has trouble later, he is likely to say you rushed him.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 95Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(3 passages)
This means trouble, unless the family watches for these tendencies in each other and comes to a friendly agreement about them.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 131Read in PDF →
But those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 132Read in PDF →
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 133Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(1 passage)
One morning he took the bull by the horns and set out to tell those he feared what his trouble had been.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 156Read in PDF →