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night.” Hut each before answering introduces himself or herself with “Hi, I’m Mary - or Bob -- or Jim. And I’m an alcoholic.” And the fellowship returns the hello in unison. They smile and their smiles are real.

There’s wisdom in the responses to the stories told at the AA sessions. To a tale of small victories over alcohol that a newly sober member relates, a veteran recalls that “You have to get a little better before you can get better, before you realize that you are getting better."

There’s support and praise for triumphs. One woman tells how she directed her husband to lock up the bottle he had hidden in his car and was taking trips out for a secret nip. “I said that I didn’t want him

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