From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... child.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
2.
... child, is
the fundamental idea of God.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God.
3.
... child makes
an impossible list for Santa ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
Sometimes it's because
God has not delivered us
the good things of life which we specified, as
a greedy child makes an impossible list for Santa Claus.
4.
... child neurotic.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
A doctor said to us, "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic.
5.
... child of
our early fears.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
6.
... child, which
perhaps engendered the selfishness which ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Unfortunately for me I was the only child, which perhaps engendered the selfishness which played
such an important part in bringing on my alcoholism.
7.
... child who
needs to be looked after ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who
needs to be looked after and extricated from
endless scrapes and impasses.
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