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September 1954

Will You and I Have Another Chance?

For every member who tells of his slip in humility and gratitude for another chance, there is at least one who will never tell the story of his last chance.

WHILE I was a patient at a mental institution drying out, I worked on the ambulance and we fellows got to see and handle many peculiar patients. One particular group that I remember because of what happened later would just sit around on chairs or benches with blank stares in their eyes, and once in a while they would smile and other times laugh out loud. One I had known on the outside and I went up to him and spoke, calling him by name. All I got was a blank stare; he didn't know me. I asked our driver what was wrong with him and his answer was all of that group have wet brains from drinking too much.

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