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Word: reconfess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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...members of Gamblers Anonymous confess and reconfess their compulsion at each meeting, starting off each purgative session with the statement: "My name is- -; I am a compulsive gambler." Prayer plays a large part in the rehabilitation process. G.A.'s are guided by the society's Twelve Commandments ("We admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." "We made a list of all the persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all"). Some chapters place small newspaper ads on the day of a scheduled meeting, but G.A. does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organizations: Gamblers Anonymous | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

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