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Reservation Dogs sounds awesome. Will look for that.

Besides being a talented comedienne, Suzanne Somers worked tirelessly for breast cancer awareness, treatments, etc. until finally succumbing to her own battle. She was a true role model. RIP.

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Just wondering if this Oldster publication is open to everyone or just sober folks? It’s great to interview folks who are sober and loved reading about Ray and Meredith’s recovery. I am sober too for 32 years - but it might be a good reminder to both the journalist and the interviewees representing an anonymous program is a violation of Tradition 11 “we always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television and other public media of communications.”

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Hi, Anne. No, Oldster is not at all just for sober people. Just once a month we collaborate on a Q&A series with The Small Bow, a newsletter about sobriety and mental health, and occasionally people write essays about their experiences with sobriety— one from Melissa Chadburn is coming later this morning. But not every sober person uses or adheres to Twelve Step recovery, and in recent years, many in recovery have questioned or rejected the anonymity tenet. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/fashion/08anon.html for example. In any case, The Small Bow takes a slightly less conventional approach.

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