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That First Meeting

Most sober alcoholics remember their first drink—and their first meeting

It was December 1986 and I’d had it. The morning after tying one on, I awoke in utter despair. It seemed as if I were at the bottom of a deep well and could barely see the sky above. I felt hopeless.

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