A Matter of time
July 2011 | Oldtimers

A Matter of Time

An old-timer contemplates the significance of putting together “a few 24s”

For those of you who don’t know what constitutes an old-timer, theoretically it’s someone with over 30 years of sobriety. Of course, my last sponsor and I used to argue regularly about that. I’ve heard some people say old-timer age is 20, others say 25. The newcomer thinks anyone with more than a year is an old-timer. I know I used to.

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