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August 1993

Ham on Wry

Here's a bowl of AA "gumdrops" from Jonathan W., Hove, Sussex, England: It's okay to drink like a fish, if you drink what a fish drinks. . . . Why does a staggering, disarrayed, wild-eyed, incoherent drunk prefer vodka? To disguise his breath. . . . He who laughs lasts. . . . When I was drunk I was Beau Geste, except when I was Bo Peep. . . . I was a workaholic: whenever I did a job I got drunk. . . . God speaks to me through the stupidest of people. . . . The program is about spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.

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