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September 1984

Throwing in the Towel

Step One

ONE NIGHT, instead of trying to beat "writers' block," I let my mind go back to the date of my first acceptance of the Twelve Steps--the day I stopped drinking. That was more than twenty-five years ago, and it came after almost five years of occasional AA meetings (just drifting in and out), off-and-on binges, a bout with the DTs, and sundry other beautiful happenings that resulted from my refusal to work the simple program.

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