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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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SHOT   occurs   9 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... shot?   12&12 p.51, Step Four
Did I overvalue myself and play the big shot?

2.
... shot.   12&12 p.92, Step Ten
Thus blinded by prideful self-confidence, we were apt to play the big shot.

3.
... shot in cheap barrooms and then fare ...   12&12 p.116, Step Twelve
But when self-will had driven everybody away and our isolation had become complete, it caused us to play the big shot in cheap barrooms and then fare forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passersby.

4.
... shot-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.


5.
... shot through with a situation which might ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which might be helped by better understanding all around.


6.
... shot through with it.   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
It was an evil and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence was shot through with it.


7.
... shot through with much hard feeling and ...   BB p.154, A Vision For You   Go to page 154 in the Big Book
The proceeding was shot through with much hard feeling and controversy.


8.
... shot up to 2,000.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
By March 1941 the membership had shot up to 2,000.

9.
... shot, we turned people against us.   12&12 p.47, Step Four
We had to see that every time we played the big shot, we turned people against us.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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