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PANDEMIC PARADOX
The San Diego AA Coordinator
PublishedMonthlybytheCentralOficeoftheSanDiegoCountyGroupsofAlcoholicsAnonymous
“Admited to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” Reprinted from AA Big Book, page 59
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JUNE 2020
VOL. LXVI NO.6
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As alcoholics (I am assuming that this newsleter does not have a large normie folowing), we are the victims of a progressive and ultimately fatal ilness for which medical science has yet to find a cure. The agent involved in this disorder is a simple molecule madeupofcarbon,oxygen,andhydrogenatomswhich,inthe hands of the alcoholic, is a kiler.
However, there is way to achieve remission in this disorder and that is through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, which teaches us that there is a spiritual solution achieved through the Twelve Steps.
Otherpartsofthesolutioninvolvegatheringingroupswithothers whoshareourdiseaseandreachingoutourhands,bothphysicaly and metaphoricaly, to others who are similarly afflicted, but are unaware of the existence of the solution we have found.
Currently the world is in the grip of another ilness which is also progressive and can be fatal to many. In a few short months COVID-19 has spread to 212 countries, aflicting more than 4,000,000 individuals, and kiling nearly 300,000 as of this writing.
Whilethiscoronavirusparticleislargerthantheethanolmolecule, it is stil quite smal, visible only by the electron microscope. It is unable to “live” on its own but must atach itself to a host cel to reproduce.
Unlikealcoholism,itmightbepossibletoacquirethisdiseasefrom a toilet seat, particularly if the practicing alcoholic were to spend
INSIDE . . . MeetingsinMotion,p.4
 Coordinating Council Minutes,pgs.5-6
FinancialStatements,p.7  Group Contributions,
pgs.8-9 CentralOficeNotes,p.10 WordSearchp.11 UpcomingEventsp.13
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