Out of the Night and Into the Day of the First Meeting
THE SHAKY voice blurted it right out on the Sunday-morning telephone: "I'm an alcoholic and I need help." Visions of a nightmarish Saturday night came to me through the receiver in my hand, and I hurt for the woman on the other end. As I listened to bits and pieces of her predicament, my free hand fumbled with an AA meeting list. It revealed a Sunday-morning meeting we could make if she could pull herself together a bit. I had always felt that the best time to get a newcomer to her first meeting was the morning after, when she was really hurting and craving a drink.
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