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| 21. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BERGEN COUNTY USES ADS. . . Dissatisfied with lackadaisical 12th-step activities, and determined to tackle the local problem of alcoholism more vigorously, we recently began to insert A.A. ads in the Bergen Evening Record, the county's leading newspaper, These ads, with copy changes each week, appear three times weekly. Following is the text of one ad: | October 1944 | |
| 22. | Committee for Education on Alcoholism Historic Event, Says Dwight Anderson (by Dwight Anderson) Those who read this issue of The Grapevine are privileged to be present at what may very well prove to be an historic event. The birth of the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, first publicly announced in this issue, means far more than the mere name would imply. It is the beginning of a new public health movement. It is the first step toward getting the alcoholic out of the jail and into the hospital; toward making it possible for the medical man and the psychiatrist, the social worker and the lay therapist, to pool their skills with Alcoholics Anonymous in modifying the ravages of an illness to which society has been indifferent almost until this very moment. | October 1944 | |
| 23. | Do You Know: (by R. K. F.) How often have you heard it said, "I was too busy to make the meeting last night," or, "I was so darn tired I just couldn't get there"? Of course, either one of these two may hold true, but too often they are indications of the beginning of a return to the old line of thinking. For this reason, then, when you are "too busy" or "too tired," stop and ask yourself--"Is this true or am I rationalizing?" Be honest. If you are not it may not be long before you have nothing to be "too busy" about. Only by constant association with A.A.s and their problems do we re-learn those principles of living that get us sober and ... | October 1944 | |
| 24. | Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces (by T.D.Y.) We are fortunate to have secured the following story for this issue of The Grapevine from an A.A. who participated in the preparations for D-Day and the actual invasion. We think his conclusions should be helpful to all A.A.s. | October 1944 | |
| 25. | Marty Interviewed on Committee (by Felicia G.) A new Committee has been formed. It's to be nationwide in scope. Although it's not an A.A. baby, it's to have a lot to do with A.A. The name of it is The National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, and its executive director is Marty Mann, one of our leading A.A.s in the New York Group, and one of our finest speakers. Marty plans to go all over the country lecturing on alcoholism, and more than this--she hopes to help get local committees started wherever she goes. These local committees in turn will educate their communities on the problem of the alcoholic, and teach the whole public, throughout the country, what we in A.A. already know, That alcoholism is ... | October 1944 | |
| 26. | Time on Your Hands? In our wet past, we were all too busy drinking like fishes to be able to give any thought or study to our finny prototypes. If this were true in your case, we strongly suggest that you rectify the oversight and get yourself a book on tropical fish; any book will do. This suggestion is prompted by a recent personal experience. A small seven-year-old friend of ours had a birthday and we dropped into the nearest pet shop to see what we could see. It being a foul, rainy day, we lingered long and came away with bowl, sand, water plants, net, book, a few large and ugly snails, a pair of lowly Guppys and a firm determination to ... | October 1944 | |
| 27. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BERGEN COUNTY INVITES EXCHANGES. . . The new Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer, elected recently at a closed meeting, immediately embarked upon an enlarged program. The aim is to accelerate activities to accommodate the large influx of new members coming in as a result of this Group's advertising which has been appearing three times weekly in the Bergen Evening Record since last August. The new officers will welcome proposals to exchange speakers with other groups along the Metropolitan Circuit. . . . Address: P. O. Box 282, Englewood, N. J. | November 1944 | |
| 28. | How It Feels to Join A. A. Long Before You Have to (by Beatrice) It was a lovely spring morning last June, warm and full of promise--a day that fills you with love of life and a desire to live it fully, to accomplish all the things you have dreamed, to work, to love your fellow man. It was the first day of my vacation after a busy year--a vacation eagerly planned for and set aside to do a piece of creative work which was a joy to me. The night before there had been a late party to celebrate the finish of the old and the bright beginning of the new. I was shaky that morning, having celebrated thoroughly, so before I started to shop for my new equipment I decided to ... | November 1944 | |
| 29. | How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A. (by Elliot B.) I was in my 60th year when I first contacted A.A. I had always been a steady and heavy drinker. Having what drinks I wanted was as much a natural part of my life as smoking. So far as I was able to tell at that time it had never interfered with my life, either business or social. Then business became slack, drinking heavier and more steady and, at some time unknown to me, alcohol took over and became the boss. I was only conscious of the intense physical and nervous discomfort and attributed the almost melancholic depression to these factors. I got to the end of my rope and life was not worth living. The end of the ... | November 1944 | |
| 30. | How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A. (by Joe) Harry I. of the New York A.A. is up here at the farm. Seeing he is here for two days, I am pumping him for all I can get out of him on A.A. He has opened my eyes to a lot I never knew. You would be surprised how I have gotten over resentments of family and life in general. I now look at their side of a resentment instead of mine. In doing so it lifts a great load off my chest and makes me see life more clearly. This being sorry for oneself is one of the ways to sap up your normal outlook. To think straight today means that tomorrow with all the other tomorrows ... | November 1944 | |
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