April 2012

My Friend Bill

An AA reflects upon his friendship with an oldtimer he met at a meeting overseas

Ten years ago I was living in Amsterdam working for a very large American firm. It was a great job that kept me constantly busy. Even so, I managed to attend several meetings a week. Amsterdam is one of the great tourist destinations in the world, with the population of the city frequently matched by foreign visitors. Obviously we had many tourists at each meeting, and we always set aside the first few minutes of each meeting for visitors to introduce themselves and briefly share. That is how I met Bill M.

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