A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

A new group has been formed at Wallaceburg, Ontario, about 50 miles up the Detroit River from Windsor. The founder is a fellow who had a habit of breaking up furniture. It didn't cost him his living quarters, for it was his own furniture--he runs a hotel!--but it made plenty of people unhappy nonetheless. He first met A.A. in Windsor, but didn't completely succumb. He had another good drunk, then a friend got D.T.'s and 12th Step work came into play. The innkeeper took the pal to Windsor for treatment. Together they decided to try the program, and held their first meeting with the chairman of the Windsor South Group assisting. The Windsor A.A.s turned out in a body for the second meeting in Wallaceburg, and the new group is off to a flying start now, with five charter members. Attendance runs about 90 per cent in the new Woodland, Cal., Group, an offshoot of the Sacramento Group. Starting with eight, there are now 13 active members, meeting Tuesday evenings in members' homes. Socials, with wives and husbands joining in, follow the closed sessions.