From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... published.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism (Note)
2.
... published, A.A.
has released thousands of alcoholics ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
Since this book was first
published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums
and hospitals of every
kind.
3.
... published in
1946 and later confirmed at ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.
4.
... published, in
1946, we had become sure ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
When A.A.'s Traditions
were first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering.
5.
... published in
1955, reached a total of ...
BB xi,
Preface
6.
... published in
1976, worldwide membership of A.A. ...
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.
7.
... published when
our membership was small, dealt ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
That is why the first edition of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous,"
published when our membership was small, dealt with low-bottom cases only.
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