"Twelve Steps"

[Fred Shapiro]

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


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