I Tried Tranquilizers

FOR those who care to hear, I'd like to report my experience with a popular tranquilizer. Sober two years in AA, this form of medication, acceptable to many people, was introduced to me by a physician who seemed to know his business. I was in his care for a kidney ailment, and he had secured my trust. When he suggested the tranquilizer as a remedy for my symptoms of nervousness, which he perceived in treating me for the kidney ailment, I informed him I was in AA and that I feared addiction to it. "Tranquilizers," I said, "are frowned on in AA."