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September 2009

Back to where I belong

After 20 years of sobriety, a retiree starts to drink in secret

I have recently returned to the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at the age of 70, something I never ever thought I would do. I was 39 years old when I first came into AA and was to remain in a state of contented sobriety for almost 20 years. I had surrendered after many years of alcoholic drinking and immoral behavior. I had by then become someone I despised. I will go down that horrible path and tell about what I really thought was to be my last drunk (not my worst).

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