A chair and three other members share their experience:
Chair: Lawrence V-Cedar Rapids, IA
Jackie S-New York, NY-7 years since 1968 - Too fearful to cross the street, toward the end she was out at the super busy intersection of 37th Street and Queens Ave directing traffic - smashed.
Pat O-Vancouver, BC-sober 19 years since 7/19/1955 after 30 years of drinking - past delegate:
"I didn't know what you had but I knew what I had which was the most nothing of everything plus about a thousand defects of character most of which I still have."
Clarence T of Wisconsin - sober 21 years he originally came to AA in 1946.
Lawrence V-Cedar Rapids, IA first meeting 1944 where he was given a written examination which did NOT qualify him for AA.(incomplete)
(1 hr 38 min) (22.5 MB) (id#2376)