From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... periods of
crankiness, depression, or apathy, which ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of crankiness, depression, or apathy,
which will disappear when
there is tolerance, love,
and spiritual understanding.
2.
... periods of
sobriety which renewed my wife's ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Nevertheless, I still
thought I could control
the situation, and there were periods of sobriety which renewed my wife's hope.
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.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.