Met my best friend in AA.

The program has given me so much. You meet so many varied people too - it’s kind of incredible when you think about it

Tons of people in my phone from the program.

Grateful I found the program and got sober (finally) after many attempts.

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Edit: also grateful the program doesn’t get itself involved in any controversy - that literally would have destroyed it early on in my view.

The founders thought of a lot of potential pitfalls.

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They didn't just think about this stuff ahead of time, they experienced it first-hand, which resulted in the traditions as we read them today. Thank God AA survived where others had failed.

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I’d say, outside of work and family, 80-90% of my friendships and interactions are from AA connections. It is indeed a gift and pretty awesome.

Staying sober and enjoying sobriety is way less difficult when I surround myself with likeminded peoples.

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