From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... children?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
2.
... children.
BB p.62,
How It Works
He is the Father, and we are His children.
3.
... children?
BB p.108,
To Wives
4.
... children.
BB p.115,
To Wives
5.
... children.
BB p.115,
To Wives
6.
... children.
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace
and hard times which will befall you and the children.
7.
... children.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
8.
... children and
may show irritation when reproved ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
He may take small interest in the children and
may show irritation when
reproved for his delinquencies.
9.
... children, and
were presented with sick ones, ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
10.
... children are
sometimes dominated by a pathetic ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
11.
... children be
so unthinking, so callous, so ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
12.
... children demand
that he stay home and ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Instead of developing
new channels of activity for themselves, mother and
children demand that he stay home and make up the deficiency.
13.
... children distracted,
bills in arrears and standing ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.
14.
... children don't
think so.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
15.
... children for
their father.
BB p.106,
To Wives
16.
... children, his
"in-laws", each one is likely ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic, his wife,
his children, his "in-laws",
each one is likely to have fixed ideas about the family's attitude towards himself or herself.
17.
... children home
to father and mother.
BB p.106,
To Wives
18.
... children, kicked
out door panels, smashed treasured ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
They struck the children, kicked out door panels, smashed treasured crockery, and ripped the keys out of pianos.
19.
... children; let
the solving of these problems ...
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.
20.
... children, nearly
always takes up his marriage ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has
endured, and now fully understanding how
much he himself did to damage her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair
what he can and to accept what he can't.
21.
... children of
a living Creator with whom ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form
a relationship upon simple and understandable terms
as soon as we are willing
and honest enough to try.
22.
... children of
alcoholics is a part of ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
23.
Children of
chaos, we have defiantly played ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.
24.
... children of
college age.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
His income is good, he has a
fine home, is happily married and the father of promising children of college age.
25.
... children of
such men suffer horribly, but ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
26.
... children or
your friends.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be determined that your husband's drinking is not
going to spoil your relations with your children
or your friends.
27.
... children, sad
wives and parents -- anyone can ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
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.
28.
... children that
I would drink no more ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
29.
... children, we
had felt very happy and ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Where people had temporarily let us run their lives as though they were still children, we had felt very happy and secure ourselves.
30.
... children will
see they ask too much, ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
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