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... parents.
BB
Bill's Story, p.4
2.
... parents.
BB
To Wives, pp.114-115
3.
... parents.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
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.
4.
... parents and
intimate friends usually find us ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
5.
... parents --
anyone can increase the list.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
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.
6.
... parents could
not make out whether he ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.
7.
... parents for
desertion.
BB
To Wives, p.106
8.
... parents, lending
money and securing jobs for ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified -- these are everyday occurrences.
9.
... parents which
will hurt them and make ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
It may be one of our own family, but we cannot disclose anything to our wives or our parents which will hurt them and make them unhappy.
10.
... parents whom
for years he has so ...
BB
Into Action, p.82
But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated.
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