Mending Roots, Building Wings

An old timer recasts Steps Ten and Eleven for a newcomer

Sitting at lunch on a crisp spring day full of flavor and promise, I was taken back by the young man's question. He is a bright guy—just turned 18 with two hard-won years of sobriety behind him. He had stopped drinking and drugging, was working the Steps up to Step 9, and had become very active in service for AA, particularly with young people.

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