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November 1969

Co-founder of AA testifies

One Giant Leap"--Senate Concern with Alcoholism

The public hearings on alcoholism before the special Subcommittee On Alcoholism and Narcotics of the United States Senate held in Washington, D.C., July 23, 24, and 25, were hailed by Bill W., co-founder of AA, as, "the advent of a new era for alcoholism." The subcommittee is part of the Senate Labor and the Public Welfare Committee and is the first congressional committee exclusively devoted to the cause of helping individual citizens and society gain relief from alcoholism and drug abuse.

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