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August 1971

Knowledge Didn't Make Me Sober

But through AA he came to believe that there is a good way out

I WANT to thank you for publishing my article "Anatomy of a Slip" (originally entitled "External Circumstances") in the November 1970 Grapevine. The article was written and submitted over two years ago, when I was confined in the Orange County Jail, at Goshen, N.Y., facing the prospect of a life sentence as a habitual criminal. Due to a change in the state laws, the sentence was not effected, and I was given a term of four to six years.

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