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Saying Goodbye to Sue

An oldtimer grapples with loss with the help of AA

Shortly after returning from the international convention in Denver in 1975, I met a newcomer woman named Sue. I was sober about seven years then and knew enough to know that I needed to keep her emotionally at arm's length so that she could find emotional security in herself.

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