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Big Book Quote "EMPTY ON THE INSIDE - She grew up around A.A. and had all the answers--except when it came to her own life.
So, divorced, I moved back home. Within a year I was under arrest for child endangerment. I had left my sleeping children home alone and gone to drink. They were removed from my custody and placed with my mother. Then started my rounds of the treatment centers. I could talk a good game. After all, I had grown up with A.A. I was the one the counselors asked to talk to other women who were reluctant to leave their kids long enough to go into treatment. I could give the whole speech: "We can't be good mothers if we're not sober." The problem was, inside, I was relieved that my kids had to live with my mom. It was too hard to be a parent. But I couldn't tell people that--they might think I was a bad mom."
~Alcoholics Anonymous World Services 1st Edition-4th Edition Empty On the Inside pg 515
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.
So, divorced, I moved back home. Within a year I was under arrest for child endangerment. I had left my sleeping children home alone and gone to drink. They were removed from my custody and placed with my mother. Then started my rounds of the treatment centers. I could talk a good game. After all, I had grown up with A.A. I was the one the counselors asked to talk to other women who were reluctant to leave their kids long enough to go into treatment. I could give the whole speech: "We can't be good mothers if we're not sober." The problem was, inside, I was relieved that my kids had to live with my mom. It was too hard to be a parent. But I couldn't tell people that--they might think I was a bad mom."
~Alcoholics Anonymous World Services 1st Edition-4th Edition Empty On the Inside pg 515
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.
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