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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ETHNIC occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... ethnic, and
economic backgrounds.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the
phrase "We are people who
normally would not
mix" (
page 17 of this book) was
written in
1939, it
referred to a
Fellowship composed largely of
men (and a few
women) with quite
similar social,
ethnic, and
economic backgrounds.
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