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January 1979

PO Box 1980

Hands off!

I first encountered this "hold hands" procedure in Denver in 1975 when I attended a discussion group at the International Convention. Because I also consider this to be a "prayer-meeting approach"--as C. R. says in the October issue--and because I had twenty-one years of continuous sobriety, I did not hesitate to walk away from the hand-holders.

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