readandpostrosie
09-14-2006, 09:25 AM
From "When A.A. Came of Age":
"At the Convention "Family Group speakers asked
and answered plenty of questions like these:
'Weren't we just as powerless over alcohol as
the alcoholics themselves?' . . . '[W]eren't
we often filled with just as much bitterness
and self-pity as the alcoholic had ever been?
' . . . 'After the first tremendous relief and
happiness which resulted when A.A. came along,
hadn't we often slipped back into secret and deep
hurt that A.A. had done the job and we hadn't?
' . . . 'Not realizing that alcoholism is an
illness, hadn't we taken sides with the kids
against the drinking member? . . . No wonder,
then, that when sobriety came, the emotional
benders in our homes often went right on and
sometimes got worse.' . . .
"'We thought A.A.'s Twelve Steps were wonderful
for alcoholics, but didn't think we had to take
them too seriously. After all, we had been doing
our best. There was nothing wrong with us. . . .
"'But when the Family Groups were formed, these
notions and attitudes began to change, and the
change was mainly in us. The transformation really
set in when we began to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps
in daily living, in all our affairs, and in the
company of those who were able to understand our
problems as no alcoholic partner could.'"
© 2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 33-34
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"At the Convention "Family Group speakers asked
and answered plenty of questions like these:
'Weren't we just as powerless over alcohol as
the alcoholics themselves?' . . . '[W]eren't
we often filled with just as much bitterness
and self-pity as the alcoholic had ever been?
' . . . 'After the first tremendous relief and
happiness which resulted when A.A. came along,
hadn't we often slipped back into secret and deep
hurt that A.A. had done the job and we hadn't?
' . . . 'Not realizing that alcoholism is an
illness, hadn't we taken sides with the kids
against the drinking member? . . . No wonder,
then, that when sobriety came, the emotional
benders in our homes often went right on and
sometimes got worse.' . . .
"'We thought A.A.'s Twelve Steps were wonderful
for alcoholics, but didn't think we had to take
them too seriously. After all, we had been doing
our best. There was nothing wrong with us. . . .
"'But when the Family Groups were formed, these
notions and attitudes began to change, and the
change was mainly in us. The transformation really
set in when we began to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps
in daily living, in all our affairs, and in the
company of those who were able to understand our
problems as no alcoholic partner could.'"
© 2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 33-34
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