Letters to the Grapevine. . .

Dear Grapevine: As is true with all of us, alcoholic and non-alcoholic alike, when we honestly face ourselves we find many instances of our own shortcomings, and of our own faulty handling of our problems, which has made them grow like veritable Frankensteins to our own undoing. Whether we like it or not, therefore, each wife, I feel, must face the fact that she had no little share in the development of her husband's alcoholic problem, whether it was in coddling, the holding of resentment, lack of understanding, wearing the cloak of martyrdom, or whatever the form. Realization of her part in the problem is for some wives the first step forward, and can play a large part in the ultimate outcome. Hence I feel she should have a share in the working out of the problem, and should not be shut out from any of the joys which go hand in hand with A.A. growth.