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July 1972

The Smart Set and Survival

Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist and great friend of AA, said, "Hitting bottom must produce a result, and this result is surrender," In the following articles, three AAs share their thoughts on the surrender experience

DO YOU WHO ARE in AA ever wonder why you joined it when you did? Do you ever ask yourself why you are sober, while millions of other alcoholics are still drinking? Do you wonder at the set of circumstances that brought AA to your attention? Why did you hear about it at that particular time? Was it just chance?--or the mysterious X factor that some of us call God?

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