From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... slang as
"elder statesmen" and "bleeding deacons."
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
Ultimately, they divide into two classes known in A.A. slang as "elder statesmen" and "bleeding deacons."
2.
... slang, that
blissful state is known as ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
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