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This has actually been traced back further to narcotics anonymous literature from 1981: http://www.nauca.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1981-11-Basic-Text-Approval-Form-White.pdf http://www.nauca.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1981-11-Basic... . It's likely that Rita Mae Brown was paraphrasing the literature in her novel. End of p.11, para.5.