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May 1969

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Neither rain nor snow nor gloom, of night can stay these swift sponsors. . .

IN AA we generally think of a sponsor as a composite of John Wayne, Superman, and Old Faithful, but there are kookie characters even among the Good Samaritans--such as the Medicine Man. Long since departed from our group, he made his Twelfth Step calls solo, with a pint in one pocket and pills in another, and gave freely of both. He was much in demand among the chronic-slipper set, and although he didn't sober up many, by George we'll bet they loved his visits.

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