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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it ...   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.


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... neglect his family.   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
Though an alcoholic does not respond, there is no reason why you should neglect his family.

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... neglect the others.   12&12 p.81, Step Eight
Suppose we lavish attention upon one member of the family and neglect the others.

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... neglect those who are still sick, there ...   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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