Bottoms Up!

In Washington, they're telling of a conversation between two new A.A. members. Both members are men; both had been running all over town and staying up half the night doing 12th Step work. After a particularly trying night, the boys stopped for a bit of rest and coffee at an all-night restaurant. When they had been seated, one asked the other: "Tom, what were you doing a year ago?" Tom wiped the perspiration from his brow, considered a moment and said, "A year ago I was seated in a nice, air conditioned bar, drinking a Tom Collins and minding my own damn business!"