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October 1983

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We all experience pain in sobriety, and I am thankful I can now handle it without the anesthetic alcohol. In fact, the pain I have experienced has been good for me. Most of my life has been spent growing, externally: acquiring knowledge, learning to manipulate people, places, and things. But only inanimate objects (pearls, stalactites) grow from the outside; living things grow from the inside.

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