From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... date, and
then the phenomenon of craving ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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.
2.
... date, favorably
to them.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I have had many men who had,
for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled
on a certain date, favorably to them.
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