From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... son.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
2.
... son became
its principal patient and would-be ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
We had been presented with a hospital, and almost immediately the donor's
son became its principal patient and would-be manager.
3.
... son's refusal
to have anything to do ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
They were deeply religious people, much shocked by their son's refusal to have anything to do with the church.
4.
... son to
his irate parents, lending money ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
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.
5.
... son wasting
away.
BB p.104,
To Wives
But for every man who drinks others are involved -- the wife who trembles in fear of the next debauch; the mother and father who see their son wasting away.
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