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April 1973

Carrying the Message

Dual stigma

Resentment is an alcoholic's biggest hang-up. Right? Well, I resent the tendency of all too many AAs to make me suffer at your expense through the way you put down homosexuals. Believe me, I did not choose to be a homosexual. But after three psychiatrists, several nervous breakdowns, a suicide attempt, and assorted goodies, I think I had better stop fighting it and just accept my homosexuality as something I cannot change.

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