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January 2002

Spiritual Breakthrough

Firsts in Sobriety

My most meaningful first sober experience occurred in 1961, during my first year in Alcoholics Anonymous. I was in a large AA meeting and realized that, for the first time in my life, I was listening to and pulling for the newcomer sitting next to me--instead of myself.

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