A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

The Tacoma, Wash., Group extended its friendships throughout the Pacific Northwest when visiting A.A.s from Portland, Ore., and Seattle met with it at a recent open meeting. Principal speaker was an A.A. doctor from Portland who remarked that A.A. had not only taught him how to live but had given him keener perception. "I have found surprisingly that orange juice can have an exhilarating taste, even without gin," he said. The wife of an A.A. who spoke on the woman's angle urged A.A. wives to encourage their husbands to follow the A.A. program. She pointed out that wives are in a position to exercise "not inconsiderable" influence on alcoholic husbands. Attendance by Tacomans at this meeting improved. At previous open meetings, visitors from Seattle and elsewhere outnumbered the locals.