Word Analysis
"understood" in the Big Book
12
occurrences in 12 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story1
Ch. 4: We Agnostics1
Ch. 5: How It Works4
Ch. 8: To Wives2
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward1
Ch. 10: To Employers1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You2
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(1 passage)
There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 13Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(1 passage)
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 47Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(4 passages)
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 59Read in PDF →
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 59Read in PDF →
Being convinced, we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 60Read in PDF →
Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: “God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 63Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(2 passages)
How heartbreaking was this discovery; how cruel to be told they understood our men as we did not!
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 106Read in PDF →
Had we fully understood the nature of the alcoholic illness, we might have behaved differently.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 107Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(1 passage)
Unless the reason is understood, there may be an emotional upset.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 134Read in PDF →
Chapter 10: To Employers(1 passage)
That he has not always done so for the alcoholic is easily understood.
Chapter 10: To Employers · Page 137Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(2 passages)
such cases was not so well understood as it is now.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 157Read in PDF →
He succumbed to that gay crowd inside, who laughed at their own misfortunes and understood his.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 160Read in PDF →