"present" in the Big Book

How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us?

This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the light of past associations, or his present choice.

Thanks for the information.’’ That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.

One day I went to Washington to present some accounting evidence to

When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.

Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to print an account of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.

Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, “We don’t know.’’ When we became alcoholics, crushed by a selfimposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing.

Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!

In some cases it may be better to let someone outside the family present the book.

His present views ought to prove exceptionally useful to business men everywhere.

Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone’s home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.

From surrounding towns, families drive long distances to be present.