From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... graduated "summa
cum laude" in the eyes ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was graduated "summa cum laude" in the eyes of the drinking fraternity, but not in the eyes of the Dean.
2.
... graduated to
education on the third floor.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
Some would start at the top
and come through to the bottom, becoming club members; others started in the club, pitched a binge, were hospitalized, then graduated to education on the
third floor.
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