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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... wives and children be so unthinking, so ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
How could
men who
loved their
wives and
children be so
unthinking, so
callous, so
cruel?
2.
... wives and children of such men suffer ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
The
wives and
children of
such
men suffer horribly, but not more than the
men themselves.
3.
... wives and families, but the man who ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
We
know there are
difficult wives and
families, but the
man who is
getting over
alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
4.
... wives and parents -- anyone can increase the ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
5.
... wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
6.
... wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
7.
... wives found that, like everybody else, we ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
We
wives found that, like
everybody else, we were
afflicted with
pride,
self-
pity,
vanity and all the things which go to make up the
self-
centered person; and we were not above
selfishness or
dishonesty.
8.
... wives have had with alcoholics.
BB p.82,
Into Action
9.
... wives have sometimes been obliged to separate ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Husbands and
wives have
sometimes been
obliged to
separate for a
time until new
perspective, new
victory over
hurt pride could be
rewon.
10.
... wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
11.
... wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into ...
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.
12.
... wives) indicate the problems such people may ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
The
foregoing pages
(though
addressed only to
wives)
indicate the
problems such people may
face.
13.
... wives of Alcoholics Anonymous to address the ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want the
wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous
to
address the
wives of
men who
drink too much.
14.
... wives of Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
As
wives of
Alcoholics
Anonymous, we would like you to
feel that we
understand as
perhaps few can.
15.
... wives of his new alcoholic friends.
BB p.119,
To Wives
We
suggest that you
direct some of your
thought
to the
wives of his new
alcoholic friends.
16.
... wives of men who drink too much.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want the
wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous
to
address the
wives of
men who
drink too much.
17.
... wives or friends to join us in ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
18.
... wives or our parents which will hurt ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
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.
19.
... wives, parents and intimate friends usually find ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
20.
... wives, relatives and friends whose problem has ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
Among us are
wives,
relatives and
friends
whose
problem has been
solved, as well as some who have not
yet found a
happy solution.
21.
... wives, relatives, friends and others close to ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
22.
... wives, the little children; let the solving ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any
feel that as
psychiatrists directing a
hospital for
alcoholics we
appear
somewhat
sentimental, let them
stand with us a while on the
firing line, see the
tragedies, the
despairing wives, the
little children; let the
solving of these
problems
become a
part of their
daily work, and even of their
sleeping moments, and the
most
cynical will not
wonder that we have
accepted and
encouraged
this
movement.
23.
... wives they crowded into our downstairs parlor.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
With their
wives they
crowded into our
downstairs parlor.
24.
... wives to brew gallons of coffee.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
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