Dear Essay readers:

This issue of Essay includes many stories on “SA At 40 Years!” We have sixteen extra pages in this issue with a broad-brush review of the origin, growth, structure, and some significant SA personalities upon whose shoulders we stand today. For which, as one member says, we can never be sufficiently grateful.

Our next issue in October 2019 will focus on Freedom Behind Bars (Prison Issue). Please send in any stories or short articles on your experience with corrections, legal consequences, and the Correctional Facilities Committee (SACFC). Future topics include: December, 2019 “Miracles In Recovery”; February 2020 “Sober Dating.” Let us hear from you at essay@sa.org

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