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August 1966

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

THE ACTIVITIES of our Brethren here and there is always good for a laugh and here is a true story from Nellie K. in Ontario. It seems she and a lot of other AA conventioneers were packed into a hotel elevator. A well-loaded lush squeezed aboard but was unable to turn around before the doors closed. As the car rose and his two rosy eyeballs stared at a couple of dozen clear, white ones, he became very ill at ease, hemmed and hawed, and finally blurted, "I guess you wonder why I called this meeting!"

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