Shower Not Required
March 2024 | Spanish-Speaking AA Members | Tradition Three

Shower Not Required

Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks

“Perhaps you should find a different meeting.” That’s what the woman said to me as we stood shivering outside the church. I was newly sober and still relapsing. “This is a Twelve Step meeting and you’re struggling with Step One. You really cannot discuss the other Steps,” she said. “You belong in a newcomers’ meeting.”

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