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... 50 foreign countries and U.S. possessions.   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
All told, promising beginnings have been made in some 50 foreign countries and U.S. possessions.


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... 50% got sober at once and remained ...   BB xx, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Of alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.


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... 50 to 200 persons.   BB p.16, Bill's Story   Go to page 16 in the Big Book
At these informal gatherings one may often see from 50 to 200 persons.


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... 50% to 60% must merit our consideration."   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Any therapeutic or philosophic procedure which can prove a recovery rate of 50% to 60% must merit our consideration."


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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