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Working in close association with doctors and the chaplain of State Hospital No. 2, St. Joseph, Mo., the Downtown Group of that city has formed an A.A. group in the alcoholic ward. Patients of the ward, after a period of isolation, are paroled to a member of the Downtown Group on Saturday and Sunday nights. At this time they attend regular meetings of the A.A. Group. Weekly meetings are held at the hospital with the assistance of the discharged patients who are permitted to return.