From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... day.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.
2.
... day.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
3.
... day.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
4.
... day.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
5.
... day.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough
gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.
6.
... day.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
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.
7.
... day.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by
hundreds are dropping
into oblivion every day.
8.
... day.
BB p.73,
Into Action
9.
... day.
BB p.86,
Into Action
10.
... day.
BB p.86,
Into Action
11.
... day.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
12.
... day.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
13.
... day.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
14.
... day.
BB p.146,
To Employers
15.
... day.
BB p.149,
To Employers
16.
... day.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.
17.
... day.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
18.
... day.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
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.
19.
... Day 1934,
I was off again.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
20.
... day accomplish
this, but it hasn't done ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
21.
... day after
making their resolutions; most of ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
22.
... day also,
to hold his nervousness in ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
23.
... day an
approach was made to the ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
24.
... day, and
a well-nursed grudge could make ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
25.
... day and
almost every night.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
26.
... day and
every night.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
27.
... day, and
he frequently becomes disgustingly, and ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
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 p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.5,
Bill's Story
30.
... day, and
that we be given the ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
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 p.31,
Step Two
32.
... day, at
least up to four o'clock.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.164,
Tradition Seven
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 p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.90,
Step Ten
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 p.99,
Working With Others
37.
... day by
day.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
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 p.88,
Step Ten
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 p.100,
Working With Others
40.
... day came
when I drank once more.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
41.
... day's end,
when we review the happenings ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
42.
... day for
the man who is still ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
43.
... day found
me drinking both gin and ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
44.
... day found
the prospect more receptive.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
45.
... day give
way before some trivial reason ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.102,
Step Eleven
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 p.102,
Step Eleven
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 p.2,
Bill's Story
49.
... day he
comes out he races in ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
50.
... day he
told me about an executive ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
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 p.152,
A Vision For You
52.
... day I
came to believe in a ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
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 p.151,
Tradition Five
54.
... day I
walked into a cafe to ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
55.
... day I
was doing a Twelfth Step ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
56.
... day I
went to Washington to present ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
57.
... day, if
need be.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
58.
... day in
and day out.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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 p.16,
Bill's Story
60.
... day, in
fair weather or foul.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
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 p.10,
Bill's Story
62.
... day in
the path of spiritual progress.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
63.
... day indeed
when we haven't done something ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
64.
... day is
a day when we must ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
65.
... day its
Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
66.
... day's ledger,
we should carefully examine our ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
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 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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 p.90,
Step Ten
69.
... day may
not arrive.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
70.
... day my
friend's simple talk in our ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
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 p.136,
To Employers
72.
... day, not
a cloud on the horizon.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
73.
... day, not
omitting to take due note ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
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 p.125,
Step Twelve
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 p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
76.
... day, only
to cook supper for a ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
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 p.91,
Step Ten
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 p.97,
Working With Others
79.
... day or
night, to place a new ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
80.
... day or
so of self-overhaul and meditation.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
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 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.
82.
... day our
loved ones would be themselves ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
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 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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 p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"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 p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
87.
... day, somewhere
in the world, recovery begins ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
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 p.169,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations.
89.
... day the
boiler burst in Wombley's Clapboard ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
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 p.158,
A Vision For You
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 p.156,
A Vision For You
92.
... day they
would be themselves again and ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
93.
... day this
bunch of ex-drunks of yours ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
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 p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.88,
Into Action
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 p.108,
Step Twelve
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 p.103,
Working With Others
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 p.162,
A Vision For You
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 p.83,
Step Nine
100.
... day we
may face indecision.
BB p.86,
Into Action
101.
... day we
pause, when agitated or doubtful, ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
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 p.40,
More About Alcoholism
103.
... day we
would ask ourselves, in all ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
104.
... day what
our next step is to ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
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 p.22,
There Is A Solution
106.
... day when
the sufferer will rouse himself ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
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 p.85,
Into Action
108.
... day, whenever
we find ourselves getting tangled ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
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 p.102,
Step Eleven
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 p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
111.
... day would
turn in its flight like ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
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.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
The A.A. Preamble, copyright ©
The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or
endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.