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... wives and
children be so unthinking, so ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
2.
... wives and
children of such men suffer ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
3.
... wives and
families, but the man who ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is
getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
4.
... wives and
parents -- anyone can increase the ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
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.
5.
... wives and
relatives, innumerable trips to police ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.
6.
... wives, arranged
hospitalization and got sponsorship for ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got
sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently
diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she
was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional
A.A.
7.
... wives found
that, like everybody else, we ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
We wives found that, like everybody else, we were afflicted with
pride, self-pity, vanity and all the things which go to make up the self-centered person; and we were not above
selfishness or dishonesty.
8.
... wives have
had with alcoholics.
BB p.82,
Into Action
9.
... wives have
sometimes been obliged to separate ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Husbands and wives have sometimes been obliged to
separate for a time until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.
10.
... wives, husbands
and friends of A.A. members.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This is a world clearing
house for the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed largely of the wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.
11.
... wives, husbands,
even the world itself -- into ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
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.
12.
... wives) indicate
the problems such people may ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
13.
... wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous to address the ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
14.
... wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
15.
... wives of
his new alcoholic friends.
BB p.119,
To Wives
16.
... wives of
men who drink too much.
BB p.104,
To Wives
17.
... wives or
friends to join us in ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
18.
... wives or
our parents which will hurt ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
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.
19.
... wives, parents
and intimate friends usually find ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
20.
... wives, relatives
and friends whose problem has ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
Among us are wives, relatives and friends whose problem has been solved, as well as some who
have not yet found a happy solution.
21.
... wives, relatives,
friends and others close to ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous,
it uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics.
22.
... wives, the
little children; let the solving ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for
alcoholics we appear
somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
23.
... wives they
crowded into our downstairs parlor.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
24.
... wives to
brew gallons of coffee.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
The founder and his friends channel spirituality to newcomers, hire halls, make hospital arrangements, and entreat their wives to brew gallons of coffee.
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