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Be Kind...

The Sunday Weekly.

Jun 14, 2026
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Be Kind.

One of those phrases that is repeated often in AA meetings. It’s one of the things that I can love about AA, its gentle repetition of the work. To be honest, I can also find it extremely irritating. Yes, me not them. Always a helpful gauge of just where I am in that moment.

When I first heard “Be Kind”, it created an instant, internal retort, “But of course, always”. Except, as I started to see, that wasn’t always the case.

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