Alcoholics Anonymous · 4th Edition

Big Book Page 119

Chapter 8 – To Wives · pages 104–121

"TO WIVES 119 be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point where he could have a spir­ itual experience. Without you he would have gone to pieces long ago."
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What's on page 119

Page 119 sits in Chapter 8, To Wives, which runs pages 104–121.

Reading the page itself, the language here turns on resentment, family. That's taken from the page's own words — not from anybody's summary of them.

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Quick answers

What chapter of the Big Book is page 119 in?

Page 119 is in Chapter 8, “To Wives”, which runs pages 104–121 in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.

What is on page 119 of the Big Book?

Page 119 sits in Chapter 8 – To Wives. Reading the page itself, its language turns on resentment, family. Recovery Starts does not reproduce the Big Book — the book belongs to A.A. — so to read the page in full, get your own copy.

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