Big Book Page xxii
Foreword to Third Edition
"FOREWORD TO THIRD EDITION B y 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."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page xxii. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
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Page xxii is in Foreword to Third Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
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Page xxii sits in Foreword to Third Edition. Reading the page itself, its language turns on anonymity. Recovery Starts does not reproduce the Big Book — the book belongs to A.A. — so to read the page in full, get your own copy.
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