PO Box 1980

To a large number of Americans, India is the land of naked fakirs, elephants, and snake charmers. Yet with our industrialization, there has been a rise in alcoholism. I was lucky to be introduced to AA in a small but effective group where the wisdom of the Steps and Traditions is scrupulously followed. We have solved the problem of the lack of adequate material by mimeographing extracts from the Grapevine, and we use "Closed Meeting Topics."