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.
2.
... protect him
should not cause you to ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
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.
3.
... protect our
pride and our husbands' reputations.
BB p.105,
To Wives
4.
... protect the
victim from this kind of ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
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