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The Associates, so named because of the members' desire for close association to their A.A. mates has been formed in Santa Rosa, Cal., following the pattern of the Family Group in San Francisco. Meetings are held once a week in separate quarters, but in the same building as the Santa Rosa Group. After the meetings the two groups join for a social hour. Influenced by the article "Husband Sees Rich Rewards for Non-Alcoholics" in the April issue of The Grapevine, the members met early in May and drew up a series of "steps" similar to those of the Family Group, including the recognition of alcoholism as a disease and through study and meditation to aid the other in maintaining sobriety, to apply the 12 Steps to every day living, to give moral and material support to families of the group, and to substitute tolerance and understanding for resentment and fear.