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November 1970

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

THE UNREASONABLE drunk dept., or the saga of John and Mary. . .John and Mary were a typical American couple: He was a lush; she tore her hair out over it. Eventually she found her way to Al-Anon and for a time things were better. One ghastly morning, she said to him in a tone of sweet reasonableness, "John, dear, I am not going to say a thing about you know what, but I am concerned for your health. Won't you try to cat something?"

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