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


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... protect and take care of us or ...   12&12 p.115, Step Twelve
When we had taken the opposite tack and had insisted, like infants ourselves, that people protect and take care of us or that the world owed us a living, then the result had been equally unfortunate.


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... protect him should not cause you to ...   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
Your desire to protect him should not cause you to lie to people when they have a right to know where he is and what he is doing.


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... protect our pride and our husbands' reputations.   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We have told innumerable lies to protect our pride and our husbands' reputations.


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... protect the victim from this kind of ...   BB p.146, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
The employer can many times protect the victim from this kind of talk.


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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