A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

When a man who had been hospitalized by the Alkanon Club of Binghamton, N. Y., was taken home and left on his own resources it was decided to carry him as a corresponding member, to write to him each week, telling of the discussions, carrying some of the problems to him, or asking him to write something for club members to discuss. After either the Wednesday or Sunday night meeting some one of the members starts a letter and leaves it on the desk where it is available to all members to add whatever they wish and by so doing cover the meeting. Every member has written and to show the results a letter from the man, who is 40 miles from the group, was received recently addressed to "all of the Happy Family" and expressing appreciation of the letters. To the Group he writes, "My sobriety has been since June 10 and now I feel quite safe. Of course, one is never really safe--life isn't even that, but I am happy and all of you help me feel that way. I can imagine a light down the road and I want to make it without any turns or byroads, and with the help of you all, I think I can make it. You can see you are playing a big part in my life." . . .Still more on his own is a correspondent from Ronceverte, W. Va., who says that "back here in the hills we don't have the meetings and all we got to talk to are drunks and preachers." Left as the only member of a group of five who started out about a year ago, this man sought out A.A. in various places and finally worked out a system of mental exercises, talking A.A. an hour a day, stressing church attendance, creating an A.A. bank account which is used for activities and "all in all has had a fine time and hopes to be having a fine time when the end of this day comes."