Let the Bum Find Us

BILL W., ON THAT historic day in the Akron hotel lobby, did not leave a note with the desk clerk to the effect that he would be waiting in his room reading the papers in case an inquiring alcoholic stumbled in wanting help. Today, though, much Twelfth Step work is conducted on just such a premise. "Let the bum find us" is a disturbingly pervasive attitude, and it is contrary to every historic and traditional principle established in the early days of AA.