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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
  ... day.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, pp.xv-xvi
Six months earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience, following a meeting with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day.


2.
  ... day.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
That was the last honest manual labor on my part for many a day.


3.
  ... day.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
Tomorrow was another day.


4.
  ... day.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.


5.
  ... day.  BB Bill's Story, p.15
This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.


6.
  ... day.  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by hundreds are dropping into oblivion every day.


7.
  ... day.  BB Into Action, p.73
He hopes they will never see the light of day.


8.
  ... day.  BB Into Action, p.86
When we retire at night, we constructively review our day.


9.
  ... day.  BB Into Action, p.86
We consider our plans for the day.


10.
  ... day.  BB Working With Others, p.99
Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day.


11.
  ... day.  BB Working With Others, p.101
We meet these conditions every day.


12.
  ... day.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Dad may be tired at night and preoccupied by day.


13.
  ... day.  BB To Employers, p.146
You may have to curb his desire to work sixteen hours a day.


14.
  ... day.  BB To Employers, p.149
He will work like the devil and thank you to his dying day.


15.
  ... day.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was not long before I was drinking at least a case and a half a day.


16.
  ... day.  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.


17.
  ... day.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.


18.
  ... day.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
A request for this fits in any part of our day.


19.
  ... Day 1934, I was off again.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
Then came the insidious insanity of that first drink, and on Armistice Day 1934, I was off again.


20.
  ... day accomplish this, but it hasn't done ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn't done so yet.


21.
  ... day after making their resolutions; most of ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
Some will be drunk the day after making their resolutions; most of them within a few weeks.


22.
  ... day also, to hold his nervousness in ...  BB To Wives, p.109
He sometimes drinks in the morning and through the day also, to hold his nervousness in check.


23.
  ... day an approach was made to the ...  BB To Employers, p.148
The other day an approach was made to the vice president of a large industrial concern.


24.
  ... day, and a well-nursed grudge could make ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective.


25.
  ... day and almost every night.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
My drinking assumed more serious proportions, continuing all day and almost every night.


26.
  ... day and every night.  BB Bill's Story, pp.3-4
Golf permitted drinking every day and every night.


27.
  ... day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
Yet let him drink for a day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.


28.
  ... Day and I had come home plastered, ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
It was the day before Mother's Day and I had come home plastered, carrying a big potted plant which I set down on the table and forthwith went upstairs and passed out.


29.
  ... day, and often three, got to be ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
"Bathtub" gin, two bottles a day, and often three, got to be routine.


30.
  ... day, and that we be given the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out.


31.
  ... day at defying God Himself.  12&12 Step Two, p.31
So it's not strange that lots of us have had our day at defying God Himself.


32.
  ... day, at least up to four o'clock.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.


33.
  ... day become rich.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
If outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would one day become rich.


34.
  ... day before Mother's Day and I had ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
It was the day before Mother's Day and I had come home plastered, carrying a big potted plant which I set down on the table and forthwith went upstairs and passed out.


35.
  ... day better and happier.  12&12 Step Ten, pp.89-90
For these minutes and sometimes hours spent in self-examination are bound to make all the other hours of our day better and happier.


36.
  ... day by day.  BB Working With Others, p.99
Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day.


37.
  ... day by day.  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.


38.
  ... day by day, in fair weather or ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.


39.
  ... day by day in the path of ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress.


40.
  ... day came when I drank once more.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
But it was not, for the frightful day came when I drank once more.


41.
  ... day's end, when we review the happenings ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
There's the one we take at day's end, when we review the happenings of the hours just past.


42.
  ... day for the man who is still ...  BB A Vision For You, p.164
Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.


43.
  ... day found me drinking both gin and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
Next day found me drinking both gin and sedative.


44.
  ... day found the prospect more receptive.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
Next day found the prospect more receptive.


45.
  ... day give way before some trivial reason ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
They had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.


46.
  ... day God place in us the best ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out.


47.
  ... day goes on, we can pause where ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."


48.
  ... day have a great rise.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
I rightly imagined that they would some day have a great rise.


49.
  ... day he comes out he races in ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
But the day he comes out he races in front of a fire engine, which breaks his back.


50.
  ... day he told me about an executive ...  BB To Employers, p.138
One day he told me about an executive of the same bank who, from his description, was undoubtedly alcoholic.


51.
  ... day he will be unable to imagine ...  BB A Vision For You, p.152
Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it.


52.
  ... day I came to believe in a ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now.


53.
  ... day, I felt I'd better do some ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
"Restless one day, I felt I'd better do some Twelfth Step work.


54.
  ... day I walked into a cafe to ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
One day I walked into a cafe to telephone.


55.
  ... day I was doing a Twelfth Step ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
"One day I was doing a Twelfth Step job at a hospital in New York.


56.
  ... day I went to Washington to present ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
One day I went to Washington to present some accounting evidence to a government bureau.


57.
  ... day, if need be.  BB Working With Others, p.97
You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be.


58.
  ... day in and day out.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Volunteer committeemen and assistants could be of great help, but they could not be expected to carry this load day in and day out.


59.
  ... day in and through us, or we ...  BB Bill's Story, p.16
Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.


60.
  ... day, in fair weather or foul.  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.


61.
  ... day in old Winchester Cathedral came back ...  BB Bill's Story, p.10
That war-time day in old Winchester Cathedral came back again.


62.
  ... day in the path of spiritual progress.  BB Working With Others, p.100
Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress.


63.
  ... day indeed when we haven't done something ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
It's a poor day indeed when we haven't done something right.


64.
  ... day is a day when we must ...  BB Into Action, p.85
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities.


65.
  ... day its Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Being a large place, we think that some day its Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)


66.
  ... day's ledger, we should carefully examine our ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong.


67.
  ... day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.


68.
  ... day's march.  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
Today's spot check finds its chief application to situations which arise in each day's march.


69.
  ... day may not arrive.  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
The tragic truth is that if the man be a real alcoholic, the happy day may not arrive.


70.
  ... day my friend's simple talk in our ...  BB Bill's Story, p.16
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.


71.
  ... day my secretary came in saying that ...  BB To Employers, p.136
One day my secretary came in saying that Mr. B___ insisted on speaking with me.


72.
  ... day, not a cloud on the horizon.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
It was the end of a perfect day, not a cloud on the horizon.


73.
  ... day, not omitting to take due note ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have received and sleep in good conscience.


74.
  ... day of our lives, may every one ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:


75.
  ... day of permanent sobriety, June 10, 1935.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
The birth of our Society dates from his first day of permanent sobriety, June 10, 1935.


76.
  ... day, only to cook supper for a ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I thought of Lois coming home exhausted from the department store each day, only to cook supper for a houseful of drunks who weren't paying board.


77.
  ... day, or maybe a whole year.  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.


78.
  ... day or night.  BB Working With Others, p.97
Your telephone may jangle at any time of the day or night.


79.
  ... day or night, to place a new ...  BB A Vision For You, p.159
They were willing, by day or night, to place a new man in the hospital and visit him afterward.


80.
  ... day or so of self-overhaul and meditation.  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Many of us also like the experience of an occasional retreat from the outside world where we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation.


81.
  ... day or so prior to the date, ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment was not met.


82.
  ... day our loved ones would be themselves ...  BB To Wives, p.105
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.


83.
  ... day our name will be exploited by ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody for real cash.


84.
  ... day out.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Volunteer committeemen and assistants could be of great help, but they could not be expected to carry this load day in and day out.


85.
  ... day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


86.
  ... day she called again.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
The next day she called again.


87.
  ... day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins ...  BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.


88.
  ... day staff members has no counterpart among ...  12&12 Tradition Eight (Note), p.169
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s bring a wide range of business and professional experience to their service at The General Service Office.


89.
  ... day the boiler burst in Wombley's Clapboard ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
Then came the inevitable explosion -- something like that day the boiler burst in Wombley's Clapboard Factory.


90.
  ... day the lawyer gave his life to ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.


91.
  ... day they called up the head nurse ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
One day they called up the head nurse of a local hospital.


92.
  ... day they would be themselves again and ...  BB To Wives, p.106
Next day they would be themselves again and we would forgive and try to forget.


93.
  ... day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Some day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours will fill Madison Square Garden, and I don't see why you should starve meanwhile.


94.
  ... day, though I was very sincere when ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.


95.
  ... day "Thy will be done."  BB Into Action, pp.87-88
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."


96.
  ... day we asked.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He could or would under the conditions of the day we asked.


97.
  ... day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
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.


98.
  ... day we hope that every alcoholic who ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


99.
  ... day we join Alcoholics Anonymous.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Most of us begin making certain kinds of direct amends from the day we join Alcoholics Anonymous.


100.
  ... day we may face indecision.  BB Into Action, p.86
In thinking about our day we may face indecision.


101.
  ... day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, ...  BB Into Action, p.87
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.


102.
  ... day we were told that he was ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
One day we were told that he was back in the hospital.


103.
  ... day we would ask ourselves, in all ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened.


104.
  ... day what our next step is to ...  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


105.
  ... day when he simply cannot make it ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
Then comes the day when he simply cannot make it and gets drunk all over again.


106.
  ... day when the sufferer will rouse himself ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.


107.
  ... day when we must carry the vision ...  BB Into Action, p.85
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities.


108.
  ... day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.


109.
  ... day's work and the chances it may ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Perhaps we think of our day's work and the chances it may afford us to be useful and helpful, or of some special problem that it may bring.


110.
  ... day's work during these three years.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
I lost only a half day's work during these three years.


111.
  ... day would turn in its flight like ...  BB Bill's Story, p.2
Out of this alloy of drink and speculation, I commenced to forge the weapon that one day would turn in its flight like a boomerang and all but cut me to ribbons.


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