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March 1990

The War Is Over

At a meeting the other day, a fellow told his story in graphic detail--culminating with his living under a bridge and the capturing, killing, and cooking of small animals to survive. Pausing for dramatic effect here and there during the narrative, he related that his feeling was that this was a perfectly okay way to live. And for a grand finale, he brought God in at the last moment (like the miraculous appearance of the cavalry, in all those cowboy and Indian movies, just when things looked the bleakest). At the end of his talk, you could have heard a pin drop. There was no doubt in anybody's mind that we'd just heard from a "real" alky.

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