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August 1998

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Early in my sobriety, I went on a Twelfth Step call. My efforts were directed at the man who obviously had a drinking problem. Not knowing anything about Al-Anon, I had nothing to offer the long-suffering wife. At one point, the husband emphatically stated that he only drank to relax. I asked his wife if that was true. She said, "As a matter of fact, that is true." I looked at her in amazement until she qualified the statement by adding, "Every night he relaxes himself into unconsciousness in the basement."

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