From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 1976, achieved
a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 ...
BB xi,
Preface
The third edition, which
came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.
2.
... 1976, when
this edition went to the ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership
of Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.
3.
... 1976, worldwide
membership of A.A. has just ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide membership
of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated
two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
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