"husbands" in the Big Book

Our loyalty and the desire that our husbands hold up their heads and be like other men have begotten all sorts of predicaments.

We have told innumerable lies to protect our pride and our husbands’ reputations.

When we were invited out, our husbands sneaked so many drinks that they spoiled the occasion.

The bill collectors, the sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home—our husbands thought we were so inhospitable.

The unexpected result was that our husbands seemed to like it.

Today most of our men are better husbands and fathers than ever before.

Many of our husbands were just as far gone.

As our husbands began to apply spiritual principles in their lives, we began to see the desirability of doing so too.

We thought, on the whole, we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.

We women carry with us a picture of the ideal man, the sort of chap we would like our husbands to be.

Another feeling we are very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our husbands of alcoholism.

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.

Husbands and wives have sometimes been obliged to separate for a time until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.

Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.