From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BLEEDING occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... bleeding deacon
is one who is just ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The
bleeding deacon is one
who is just as
surely convinced that the
group
cannot get along without him, who
constantly connives for
reelection
to
office, and who
continues to be
consumed
with
self-
pity.
2.
... "bleeding deacons."
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
3.
... bleeding forms.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
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