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April 2026 | Getting into General Service | In Every Issue

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Getting involved in service

The writer of “Running the Circus” tells how her eyes used to glaze over when she got into service and heard of the Concepts. But when she looked further into the way AA works, she found a treasure trove of spiritual principles and her outlook began to change. “I feel oddly proud,” she writes, “like I’m part of something grown-up, spiritual and weirdly functional.”

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