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June 1977

The First Hospital Group

How an understanding psychiatrist came to give Bill W. and five other AAs the "run of the ward

IT SOUNDED like a death sentence: "The medical profession has nothing for you. The clergy has nothing for you. There's nobody in God's world can help you. You're a chronic alcoholic, period!"

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