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Dr. Laurence L. Cross, a clergyman of Berkeley, California, as guest-speaker at the fourth anniversary meeting of the East Bay Group in Oakland last month, praised the group for "not only wanting to cure itself, but knowing how to do it." Dr. Cross declared he "wouldn't want to improve on your Twelve Steps of recovery any more than I would want to improve on the Ten Commandments." Over 350 people attended the meeting of the East Bay Group, which includes members from Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Hayward, Oakland and San Leandro.