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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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PARENTS   occurs   10 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... parents.   12&12 p.115, Step Twelve
We had failed to see that though adult in years we were still behaving childishly, trying to turn everybody -- friends, wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into protective parents.


2.
... parents.   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
We went to live with my wife's parents.


3.
... parents.   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 114 in the Big Book
You avoid the subject of drinking, even with your own parents.


4.
... parents and intimate friends usually find us ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.


5.
... parents -- anyone can increase the list.   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents -- anyone can increase the list.


6.
... parents could not make out whether he ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.


7.
... parents for desertion.   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
Then we were severely criticized by our husband's parents for desertion.


8.
... parents, lending money and securing jobs for ...   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified -- these are everyday occurrences.


9.
... parents which will hurt them and make ...   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
It may be one of our own family, but we cannot disclose anything to our wives or our parents which will hurt them and make them unhappy.


10.
... parents whom for years he has so ...   BB p.82, Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated.


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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