From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... term meaning.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
2.
... term themselves
"problem drinkers," but cannot endure ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be willing to
term themselves "problem drinkers," but
cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill.
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