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November 1957

Traditions Month

The following is excerpted from the Foreword to the First Edition of the AA Tradition pamphlet, first published in 1947.

When an alcoholic applies the Twelve Steps of our recovery program to his personal life, his disintegration stops and his unification begins. The Power which now holds him together in one piece overcomes those forces which had rent him apart.

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