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July 1975

One of Those Bad Cons Nobody Can Reach

In this 14-page section, the Grapevine shares the experience, hope--and success--of some whose alcoholism brought them to a prison cell

FOR ME, as for most alcoholics, It was "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you die." But, of course, I couldn't die. I painfully awakened each time, mentally, physically, and spiritually sick. Nothing could pull me out of the abyss but more alcohol. Later on, it took alcohol fortified with other drugs to pull me up. Still later, even alcohol and chemicals together could not lift me.

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