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... 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
3.
... day.
BB
Bill's Story, p.4
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
8.
... day.
BB
Into Action, p.86
9.
... day.
BB
Into Action, p.86
10.
... day.
BB
Working With Others, p.99
11.
... day.
BB
Working With Others, p.101
12.
... day.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
13.
... day.
BB
To Employers, p.146
14.
... day.
BB
To Employers, p.149
15.
... day.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
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
19.
... Day 1934,
I was off again.
BB
Bill's Story, p.8
20.
... day accomplish
this, but it hasn't done ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
21.
... day after
making their resolutions; most of ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
22.
... day also,
to hold his nervousness in ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
23.
... day an
approach was made to the ...
BB
To Employers, p.148
24.
... day, and
a well-nursed grudge could make ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
25.
... day and
almost every night.
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
26.
... day and
every night.
BB
Bill's Story, pp.3-4
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
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
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
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
40.
... day came
when I drank once more.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
41.
... day's end,
when we review the happenings ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.89
42.
... day for
the man who is still ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
43.
... day found
me drinking both gin and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
44.
... day found
the prospect more receptive.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
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
49.
... day he
comes out he races in ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
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
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
54.
... day I
walked into a cafe to ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.6
55.
... day I
was doing a Twelfth Step ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
56.
... day I
went to Washington to present ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
57.
... day, if
need be.
BB
Working With Others, p.97
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
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
62.
... day in
the path of spiritual progress.
BB
Working With Others, p.100
63.
... day indeed
when we haven't done something ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
64.
... day is
a day when we must ...
BB
Into Action, p.85
65.
... day its
Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
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
69.
... day may
not arrive.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
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
72.
... day, not
a cloud on the horizon.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
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
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
79.
... day or
night, to place a new ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
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
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
92.
... day they
would be themselves again and ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
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
100.
... day we
may face indecision.
BB
Into Action, p.86
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
103.
... day we
would ask ourselves, in all ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
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
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
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
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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