Letters to the Grapevine. . .

Dear Grapevine: It seems to me it is quite important to stress the danger to an A.A. in taking medicines containing the minutest quantity of alcohol. Some are susceptible, as I am, to the "poison" in these medicines, no matter how tiny the dose may be, as it sweeps insidiously through the blood stream to the brain. For many years I have been a periodic drunk. Years ago a physician, endeavoring to "cure" me, remarked that I should never touch aromatic spirits of ammonia, tonics, or any medicine containing alcohol.