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July 1976

It Was Only a Four-day Slip

But it ended in tragedy and a return to prison

WHEN I FIRST came into the AA program, one of the sayings I frequently heard was "one day at a time." Until recently, I didn't really understand what that meant. I was a person who couldn't live one day at a time. I was always trying to live in the future and the past. I was always trying to avoid my responsibilities. Now that I have the time and the patience, I am able to look back and see what I was doing to myself and to others.

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