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August 1961

P.O. Box 1980

Woman of distinction

My two younger children, ages five and six, were begging me not to go to the AA meeting but to please stay home with them. My nine-year-old spoke up and said, "Mama has to go. You see, she's an alcoholic." Then the six-year-old turned to the five-year-old and said, "And that's not all, Sammy; she's anonymous too."

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