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Calls Meeting General 12 Step Please submit your original poems to: 1,363 [email protected] – 200 words or less. Daytime 902 89 48 9am-9pm Nighttime 226 66 32 The Stage of Fear and Insecurity 9pm-9am Shakespeare said the world’s a stage, and we each Website April Total play our part. My stage was in a bar room and that's where I got my Hits 106,262 6,967,787 start. It was the place where I felt safe to dream of things to Many A.A. members celebrate their birthday be. by sending a donation of one or two dollars “I think I'll be an astronaut,” it all made sense to me. for each year of sobriety to Central Office. Where fear and insecurity where words you'd never If you would like to carry on this tradition, hear. please fill out the form below. For they were safely locked away, behind a keg of beer. Happy Birthday to All! But this can only last so long and the Piper we must pay. Arlene J. 5-9-1969 The fallacy was ripped away, and I had to face the Beth A. 2-7-1985 day. Chris A. 6-17-1985 I had to find a different stage and play a different role,