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January 1996

Getting Stupid

I grew up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood where everybody drank. Booze was no problem in the beginning. I always had beer but it didn't bother me then. I played sports and was fortunate enough to become a professional in hockey and golf, and I made a living that way for a long time--but I destroyed my career through booze. During World War II, I was a paratrooper in North Africa, and after I came home I started to drink heavily. I crossed that line they talk about in the Big Book--the invisible line into alcoholism.

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