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March 1976

Pill Problem

There are many devils who would lead us into temptation

IT WAS NOT a temptation so much as a conscious decision to take that first drink after I had been dry in AA for more than twenty years. Two ounces of brandy, left in a bottle in the refrigerator, were to be "a medicinal shot" to get me to sleep. There wasn't any more in the house, so I wouldn't drink any more. Nobody would know. And I started for the bottle.

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