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AT A GROUP-CONSCIENCE meeting, talk around the tables ranged over a variety of topics, but always seemed to drift back to two very pressing issues that had plagued my home group for some time. The first problem was keeping newcomers coming back. Plenty of new faces were showing up at our meetings, yet, despite our efforts, the majority simply weren't sticking with the program. Typically, they would attend three or four meetings in succession, drop off to two per month, and then disappear altogether. We wouldn't have been so concerned if they had just preferred other meetings over ours; but it was becoming clear from our informal follow-up that many of those who needed help the most were dropping out of AA completely.