From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... husbands and
fathers than ever before.
BB p.108,
To Wives
2.
... husbands and
friends of A.A. members.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This is a world clearing
house for the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed largely of the wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.
3.
Husbands and
wives have sometimes been obliged ...
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.
4.
... husbands began
to apply spiritual principles in ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
As our husbands began to apply spiritual principles in their lives,
we began to see the desirability of doing so
too.
5.
... husbands, even
the world itself -- into protective ...
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.
6.
... husbands hold
up their heads and be ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Our loyalty and the desire that our husbands hold up their heads and be like other men have begotten all sorts of predicaments.
7.
... husbands of
alcoholism.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Another feeling we are
very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our
husbands of alcoholism.
8.
... husbands' reputations.
BB p.105,
To Wives
9.
... husbands seemed
to like it.
BB p.106,
To Wives
10.
... husbands sneaked
so many drinks that they ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
11.
... husbands stopped
drinking.
BB p.116,
To Wives
We thought, on the whole,
we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.
12.
... husbands thought
we were so inhospitable.
BB p.106,
To Wives
The bill collectors, the
sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home -- our husbands thought we were so inhospitable.
13.
... husbands to
be.
BB p.118,
To Wives
We women carry with us a picture of the ideal man, the sort of chap we would like our husbands to be.
14.
... husbands were
just as far gone.
BB p.110,
To Wives
15.
... husbands what
had happened to them, to ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had
happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.
16.
... husbands, wives,
relatives, friends and others close ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous,
it uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics.
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