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FUTURE   occurs   16 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... future.   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
Let's take all such donations in the future.

2.
... future.   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
It is A.A.'s proved willingness to make these sacrifices that gives people their high confidence in our future.


3.
... future.   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
We turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future.


4.
... future.   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
He told her what he would try to do in the future.


5.
... future.   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
After all, your family is reunited, alcohol is no longer a problem and you and your husband are working together toward an undreamed-of future.


6.
... future ahead.   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Many of our friends encourage us by saying that this is but a beginning, only the augury of a much larger future ahead.


7.
... future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh ...   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that I can see."


8.
... future fellow of Alcoholics Anonymous stared glassily ...   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
Two days later, a future fellow of Alcoholics Anonymous stared glassily at the strangers beside his bed.


9.
... future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


10.
... future functioning and safety.   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
IX. Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable for our future functioning and safety.

11.
... future gifts would be similarly declined.   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
Difficult as it was, they officially declined that ten thousand dollars, and adopted a formal, airtight resolution that all such future gifts would be similarly declined.


12.
... future happiness can be based only upon ...   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 123 in the Big Book
The family may be possessed by the idea that future happiness can be based only upon forgetfulness of the past.


13.
... future he would have the "will power" ...   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.


14.
... future opportunity to carry a beneficial message.   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
We may kill a future opportunity to carry a beneficial message.


15.
... future sex life.   BB p.69, How It Works   Go to page 69 in the Big Book
In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life.


16.
... future will be to describe the growth ...   BB p.153, A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship among us.


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.

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