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April 1982

Paradox of Power

Letting go" means discipline, and joy comes through pain

FOR SEVERAL years before I began my new life in AA, I taught American literature in a university. One of the writers whose work I enjoyed reading and discussing with students was Emily Dickinson, She captured in a few words the peculiar definitions of experience that I had felt but could not articulate.

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