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December 2009

Overhaul?

Can our literature be us cutting edge today as it was seven decades ago?

Maybe our Fellowship is overdue for some neglected renovation. I arrived at the doors of AA in the mid-'70s, when the Fellowship had seen journeyman duty through five decades. It became my refuge and now it's my home. Three decades later I wonder, more and more--if AA were a house, what kind of a house would it be? Would it be called a "fixer-upper" by real estate agents putting a positive spin on what might otherwise be termed "in need of meaningful overhaul"? Like a house, if we are to stay safe and inviting, periodic renovation is needed, as well as staying up to code.

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