My AA

A reflection after thirty years.

Orrin Onken
Black Bear
Published in
5 min readFeb 14, 2024

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I’ve been in AA for thirty years. I graduated from an alcohol treatment program that promoted the Twelve Steps in 1992 and have been sober ever since. My class at the treatment center comprised fourteen people. A year after we were discharged, I was the only one who was still sober. I knew about the terrible success rate at this treatment center before I went in, but did it anyway because I was…

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Orrin Onken
Black Bear

I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.