May Humility Be the Keynote!

BILL has already labelled our First International Conference this month as AA's 'Coming-of-Age' party! When umpteen thousand ex-drunks assemble in Cleveland under the imposing tag of 'International Conference' we will have our chance to prove that we have reached a state of maturity not only among ourselves but also to the public! For make no mistake about it! The news spotlight will be upon us in Cleveland and the glare could be a bit blinding! By virtue of the presence of both co-founders and by force of sheer numbers alone, our Conference will be a big story. Thousands of words will go out over the news wires about us. Heretofore the press has been most generous because we've made good human interest 'copy' in the best American gutter-to-glory tradition.