Suzanne had explained that she had a number of sponsees, that each told her everything about their lives. “It’s step five in the AA program,” she’d said, then quoted. “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. I’m the ‘other human being.’” She laughed again and made a face. “You don’t enjoy it?” Gamache asked, interpreting the grimace. “At first I did, with my first few sponsees. I was honestly kinda curious to find out what sort of shenanigans they’d gotten up to in their drinking careers and if they were at all like mine. It was exciting to
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