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I was handed a sandwich sized baggy cantaining a mysterious white powder.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt that if many of the writers of &#8216;letters to the editor&#8217; and their like minded citizens had seen this exchange they would wrap themselves in self-righteousness braying &#8220;see, I told you they were all druggies!&#8221;. What then when I poured this white powder (laundry soap) into the4 washer? Well, heads into the sand with the other &#8216;Spuds&#8217; lest they see something that disproves theiir vision of reality.<\/p>\n<p>Me, I just poured thje soap into the washer and looked forward to tomorrow. After all in its 55 years Al-anon has helped many of us acheive a clear veiw of reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at an organization that shall remain nameless, let us call them SA for convenience. I was planning to attend an al-anon function (through the generosity of fellow members) celebrating 55 years of good work. 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