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May 1998

The Cement That Binds Us

Tradition Five

It seems to me, after attending meetings for the past thirty-four years, that Tradition Five has been gradually chipped away by individuals having problems other than alcoholism. Many of the meetings I have attended have discussions about other drugs; occasionally, there is not even a mention of alcohol or recovery from its grasp. At a recent convention in California, the main speaker at the big Saturday night meeting spent forty-five minutes talking about his cocaine use and never mentioned alcohol or the Twelve Steps of recovery. I find this to be more common than not nowadays.

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