PO Box 1980

I agree completely with the author of "Far From Innocent." When I came to my first meeting in 1980, I was twenty-three years and eleven months old. Most members of that group were age thirty or older. They tried to treat me like an alcoholic, but I felt their patronizing attitude. A few told me, "If you are not an alcoholic in disgrace, you are in time to stop and save yourself fifteen years of the pain we suffered." But one said, "You are not an alcoholic. Don't waste your time here. Go outside. Find a girlfriend and take her to the movies."