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February 1970

Trouble with Honesty

The first part of the First Step wasn't enough

ONCE, AT a meeting, I heard a member describe how he felt coming back to AA after having had a period of twelve years' sobriety and then drinking again. It was "like living in your own beautiful mansion for twelve years," he said, "leaving for a short period, coming back, and having to use the servants' entrance."

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