"families" in the Big Book

I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out.

I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities.

In one western city and its environs there are one thousand of us and our families.

In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.

We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all.

We finally sought employment ourselves as destitution faced us and our families.

And even if they did not love their families, how could they be so blind about themselves?

You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families.

Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather.

This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still struggling with their problem.

We families of Alcoholics Anonymous keep few skeletons in the closet.

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.

Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.

Suppose now that through you several families have adopted this way of life.

From surrounding towns, families drive long distances to be present.