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July 1974

Stand Still and Hurt

Problems are a part of living--even for sober alcoholics

WHEN I FIRST came into the program, one of the sayings I frequently heard was "Sometimes you have to stand still and hurt." I had gotten to AA with the idea nestled securely somewhere in that scrambled brain of mine that if I was "good" and did what I "should," I just shouldn't have to hurt.

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