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April 1975

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Even though our precious newcomers reverse words and confuse what we know so well by heart, their efforts could well be listened to. I remember our group's once discussing the three alternatives to sobriety: death, insanity, or jail. When it came time for one of our newer members to speak, he gallantly folded his arms across his chest and said, "Yeah, like you guys was talking about those three alterations, and I don't want either one of them!"

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