From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ISM occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... ism" we
can often check ourselves by ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an
insurance against "
big-
shot-
ism" we can
often check ourselves by
remembering that we are
today sober only by the
grace of
God and that
any success we may be having is
far more His
success than
ours.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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