Letter from the Editor

In just 76 years, the message of Alcoholics Anonymous has spread to more than 180 countries. It’s wonderful to know that the hand of AA is there for us almost no matter where we are. In a little town in Mexico a few years ago, a sponsee and I found an AA meeting by asking the kids at the local tattoo shop. They knew where it was! I once ran into a guy from my New York home group at a meeting—in Beijing, China. And when I desperately needed a meeting in Brazil three years ago, helpful members translated my share in Portuguese.