Legacy of a Sober Life

Jimmy L. died recently. I never knew him or heard him speak. But he was one of the old-timers of Boston AA, a low-bottom drunk who had been sober for longer than anybody remembered, an old man who went to meetings and shared his story with newcomers. I heard Jimmy L.'s story from another man, a pigeon who had stayed sober for thirty-two years through the grace of God and the Fellowship--and the friendship of Jimmy L.