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August 1973

My Alcoholic Twelve Steps

A period of self-examination reveals the steps he lived by while drinking

THROUGH the grace of God, by working this program, sobriety has been mine to enjoy for the past four years and ten months. However, during the first few months of dryness, I did little or no work on the Twelve Steps. Intellectually, I could see the value of them and the wisdom in other people's use of them. But at that point in time, I was unable, emotionally or spiritually, to see that the Steps could and would work in my life. Consequently, I avoided getting into this program.

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