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September 1954

The Problems of a "Teen-aged" AA

TO START THE BALL ROLLING ON A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF "AFTER SOBRIETY--WHAT?" (SEE AUGUST GRAPEVINE, "THE TWELVE STEPS AND THE OLDER MEMBER") WE ASKED AN OLD TIMER TO WRITE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AS WE GROW OLDER IN AA.

THE current conception of a "teenager" might well be that of an obnoxious adolescent, who is quite ruthless about knocking down older members of the human race while scrambling for a vacated seat on a crowded bus, or treading on everyone's feet to emerge from somewhere in the middle of the row during an exciting moment of a baseball game in order to secure instantly a hot-dog or a bottle of "pop."

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