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September 1981

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AA childhood

As AA expands at an ever-accelerating rate, many more children are being born into a sober, healthy environment. I have so often heard (even from myself), "I never wanted to be like my father (or mother), and I became far worse." Our living habits are learned in childhood, and if we only see drunkenness, abuse, and cursing, we very likely will acquire the same traits later in life. I hesitate to say "grow up" with those traits; we are all children until we find our way to the Fellowship.

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