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I read with interest "Are We Locked In?" by E. L. of Council Bluffs. About those "noisy, wet drunks" that come to our meetings, the First Tradition as written in "The Twelve Traditions Illustrated" spells out the answer. For E. L., I quote, "Our brother the noisy drunk affords the simplest illustration of this Tradition. If he insists on disrupting the meeting, we 'invite' him to leave and we bring him back when he's in better shape to hear the message. We are putting the 'common welfare (of the group)' first. But it is his welfare, too; if he's ever going to get sober, the group must go on functioning, ready for him."