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Alcoholics anonymous is more church than church, explains a recovering alcoholic
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Lauren Windle2022-04-19T08:30:00
Recovering alcoholic and writer Lauren Windle illustrates the many elements of an alcoholics anonymous meeting that she believes the church could learn from.
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