Re: "Twelve Steps"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

This most likely also appears in the 1939 book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; at 
least, that is where the 12 steps were first published (see pp. 58ff. of the 4th 
edition).

In a message dated 11/13/03 7:38:50 AM, fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU writes:


> twelve steps (not in OED)
> 
> 1940 _Richmond Times-Dispatch_ 18 July in _Alcoholics Anonymous 1939-1932_
> 12-Point Program  These are the 12 steps Alcoholics Anonymous recommends
> as a program of recovery for the alcoholic.
> 
> 1940 _Chicago Sunday Times_ 1 Dec. in _Alcoholics Anonymous 1939-1942_
> (heading) THE 12 STEPS.
> 
> Fred Shapiro
>