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June 1986

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Measuring sobriety

Have you ever sat in a discussion meeting and become aware of the change in your thinking about the topic? This is a favorite and profitable reflecting time for me, as I get out my mental yardstick and take a quick reading from where I started, noting each plateau as I inched along on my journey in sobriety to the present time. How often I need to reach back and use that yardstick to restore perspective when I feel frightened or discouraged. It confirms that progress that been made--a lot of it.

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