Up From Atheism

AFTER reading in the May 1962 issue the article "An Atheist Speaks Out," I ran for my fall-out shelter, helter-skelter. With the siren of self-righteous, justifiable anger sounding in my ear, I grabbed up my pen of contention ready to do battle. I was going to defend GOD! Imagine that. I felt truly contaminated. Not only was my "genes" radio activated but those of every AA member from here to eternity. I frantically imagined all sober alcoholics returning to our old "do-it-yourself" method. You know, we could quit drinking by ourselves any time we wanted to. I also pictured hundreds of thousands of drinking alcoholics marooned on "Tight Little Islands" for ever and ever.