Daily Beast: Not Even 9/11 Could Shut Down AA Meetings. Coronavirus is Different.
Twelve-step meetings often end with the group holding hands.
But as COVID-19 spreads rapidly throughout the globe, that ritual has become fraught with risk. Instead, those Americans still showing up to Alcoholics Anonymous and similar meetings—that is, leaving their houses amid escalating panic—tend to stand elbow-to-elbow. And even that may not last much longer.
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