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Don’t Drink and Don’t Die

Three decades in AA taught him how to use the tools of the program to stay alive through the pain—and deep joy—of living one day at a time in sobriety

There’s a wonderful lady in our early morning AA meeting who has 38 years in our program. She runs a halfway house for women in early recovery and she shares freely her experience, strength and hope with them and with us. When asked the secret of her long- term sobriety, she responds with a twinkle in her eye: “Don’t drink and don’t die!”

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