To Wives

Read. Pause. Talk.

Read this chapter in your own Big Book or through AA’s official online edition. Notice what feels familiar, what challenges you, and what you would like to ask someone at the meeting.

Choose “To Wives” in AA’s chapter list. This page is a reading guide, not the full chapter.

Bring your questions

You don’t have to agree with or understand every sentence straight away. Reading together gives us a chance to listen and learn from lived experience.

This chapter reflects the language and assumptions of its time. It is not current professional, employment or clinical advice.