The SEC's complaint doesn't name the executive of Philadelphia Consolidated, though he is said to have met Mr. McGee at Alcoholics Anonymous in 1999.

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Although about seven out of 10 alcoholics who are encouraged to go to Alcoholics Anonymous during treatment drop out in less than a year, the 12 steps of AA are included in some form in the great majority of addiction programs.

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The largest was an Alcoholics Anonymous convention attended by about 50, 000 people in 2000, said Laura McCarthy, a spokeswoman for Meet Minneapolis, one of the Twin Cites region's convention-and-visitor's organizations.

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This is par for the course in the creative industries: the two best places for young people on the make in Hollywood to meet the players are bars and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

According to A.A. oral tradition and literature, if you go to enough meetings, you will eventually hear your own story told, enabling the addict or alcoholic in need of recovery to identify and seek assistance within the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Since the presumably alcoholics anonymous-approved Wizmark urinals can't keep everyone from getting a little tipsy, officials in Victoria, British Columbia are taking a note from European countries to keep urine off the streets.

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