"later" in the Big Book

I discovered many more reasons later on.

In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.

Only thirty years later the conquest of the air was almost an old story and airplane travel was in full swing.

Our friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: “If there is a God, He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!’’ But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: “Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?’’ While pondering the answer he felt as though he lived in hell.

No later vicissitude has shaken it.

Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.

You may spoil a later opportunity.

If he has trouble later, he is likely to say you rushed him.

Sooner or later, you are likely to find him reading the book once more.

Let’s talk about it later.”

Had they fired me first, and had they then taken steps to see that I was presented with the solution contained in this book, I might have returned to them six months later, a well man.

If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the cost of treatment, but we believe it should be made plain that any expense will later be deducted from his pay.

Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.

These men later became co-founders of A.A. Bill’s story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob’s heads the Story Section.

Two days later, a future fellow of Alcoholics Anonymous stared glassily at the strangers beside his bed.

A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.

Impressed by those who visited him at the hospital, he capitulated entirely when, later, in an upper room of this house, he heard the story of some man whose experience closely tallied with his own.