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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FATHER occurs
28 times
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1.
... father.
BB p.106,
To Wives
We have
tried to
hold the
love of our
children for
their
father.
2.
... father.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
If the
family persists
in
criticism, this
fallacy may take a still
greater hold on
father.
3.
... father and
mother.
BB p.106,
To Wives
Perhaps at this
point we got a
divorce and took the
children home to
father and
mother.
4.
... father and
the family are mistaken, though ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Both
father and the
family
are
mistaken, though each
side may have some
justification.
5.
... Father, and
we are His children.
BB p.62,
How It Works
He is the
Father, and we are His
children.
6.
... father as
a sick or wayward child.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
By
force of
circumstances, she was often
obliged to
treat father as a
sick or
wayward child.
7.
Father, coming
suddenly to life again, often ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Father,
coming suddenly to
life again, often
begins to
assert himself.
8.
... Father doeth
the works" began to carry ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
But now the
words "Of myself I am
nothing, the
Father doeth the
works"
began to
carry bright promise and
meaning.
9.
... Father Ed,
an early and wonderful friend ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
(*)
Father Ed, an
early and
wonderful friend of
A.A.,
died in the
spring of
1960.
10.
Father feels
he has struck something better ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Father feels he has
struck something
better than
gold.
11.
... father for
so many years that mother ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
12.
... father has,
at the outset, a stirring ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
Assume on the other
hand
that
father has, at the
outset, a
stirring spiritual experience.
13.
... father-in-law became
ill.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
The
house was
taken over by
the
mortgage holder, my
mother-in-
law died, my
wife and
father-in-
law became ill.
14.
... father is
a bit balmy!
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
They
suspect father is a
bit balmy!
15.
... father, it
is best not to take ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Unless they
actually need protection from their
father, it is
best not to take
sides in any
argument he
has with them while
drinking.
16.
Father knows
he is to blame; it ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Father knows he is to
blame; it may take him many
seasons of
hard work to be
restored financially, but he shouldn't be
reproached.
17.
Father may
have laid aside for years ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
18.
... Father of
Light who presides over us ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
I
must turn in all things to
the
Father of
Light who
presides over us all.
19.
... father of
promising children of college age.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... father owes
them more than they are ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Having been
neglected and
misused in the
past, they
think father owes them more than they are
getting.
21.
... father takes
this tack, the family may ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
When
father takes this
tack, the
family may
react unfavorably.
22.
... father usually
obeyed.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
When
sober,
father usually
obeyed.
23.
... father was
beyond human aid.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
They often
forget father was
beyond human aid.
24.
... father was
romantic, thoughtful and successful.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
25.
... father was
sick, which was much nearer ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
We have told
small tots that
father was
sick, which was
much
nearer the
truth than
we
realized.
26.
... father who
see their son wasting away.
BB p.104,
To Wives
But for every
man who
drinks
others are
involved -- the
wife who
trembles in
fear of the
next debauch; the
mother and
father who see their
son wasting away.
27.
Father will
necessarily spend much time with ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Father will
necessarily
spend much
time with other
alcoholics, but this
activity should be
balanced.
28.
... father will
see he gives too little.
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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