Alcoholics Anonymous · 4th Edition

Big Book Page 122

Chapter 9 – The Family Afterward · pages 122–135

"Chapter 9 THE FAMILY AFTERWARD O ur women folk have suggested certain atti­ tudes a wife may take with the husband who is recovering. Perhaps they created the impression that he is to be wrapped in cotton wool and placed on a pedestal."
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Page 122 sits in Chapter 9, The Family Afterward, which runs pages 122–135.

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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Page 122 is in Chapter 9, “The Family Afterward”, which runs pages 122–135 in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.

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Page 122 sits in Chapter 9 – The Family Afterward. 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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