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Aa meeting Quote by Jack Dee

“One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA…” quote by Jack Dee — Download Open image

“One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.”

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