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April 1977

When It's Time to Retire

At first there's a feeling of loneliness but AA sharing makes everything right again

MY WIFE AND I left Maine eight years ago to settle on the west coast of Florida. We were in no way prepared for the shattered dreams and loneliness that come to so many of us retirees when we pull up our roots, leave our jobs, friends, children, and grandchildren, and move miles away into a strange area with a totally different climate. Within a few months, we wanted to move back north, as many other retirees have done.

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