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November 1990

PO Box 1980

We don't need to be cute

I used to believe that I was one of the numerous "recovering Catholics" in AA. One day, a member of my group shared that he too used to say he was an alcoholic and a recovering Catholic because it was cute and made us laugh. Then, "something happened," and he realized that he no longer needed to make jokes or crack us all up in order to be accepted.

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