"months" in the Big Book

For three or four months the goose hung high.

That was two months ago and the result was self-evident.

We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men.

In two months he was in a hospital, puzzled and humiliated.

I had eaten there many times during the months I was sober.

If persisted in for a few months, the effect on a man’s family is sure to be great.

Then, in days, weeks, or months, a fresh outburst.

Some of us had this experience, only to enjoy, in a few months, a finer intimacy than ever.

This may hang on for months, long after their mother has accepted dad’s new way of living and thinking.

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.

After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic run-around—provided, of course, they are willing to have a third party in the picture.

Still physically weak, and sober but a few months, he saw that his predicament was dangerous.

After all, had he not been sober six months now?

But he’s a grand chap when he’s sober, though he’s been in here eight times in the last six months.

He was there three months.

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