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October 1962

The 24-hour Plan

The "day-at-a-time plan" is basic to AA. . .but what does it really mean?

A FRIEND of mine recently sent me a greeting card with the title, "How to Live in These Troubled Times," and the answer printed inside: "Keep Breathing." If not very helpful it was at least appropriate. As I write this I'm in as warty a financial pickle as a small businessman could contrive--broke, no property, heavy family responsibilities, head of a small concern which is also broke, with creditors expecting in a few months to be paid $20,000 it hasn't got.

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