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May 2004

Problems Other than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?

From the AA Grapevine, February 1958, Bill W.'s classic essay looks back on the Fellowship's early experiences with addicts and special-interest group factions and outlines what they learned.

Perhaps there is no suffering more horrible than drug addiction, especially that kind which is produced by morphine, heroin, and other narcotics. Such drugs twist the mind and the awful process of withdrawal racks the sufferer's body. Compared with the addict and his woes, we alcoholics are pikers. Barbiturates, carried to extremes, can be almost as bad. In AA, we have members who have made great recoveries from both the bottle and the needle. We also have a great many others who were--or still are--victimized by "goof balls" and even by the new tranquilizers.

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