Sober 10 years since 7/7/1976, in April 1961 he shot himself due to his drinking and missed a bit to the right.
He first got sober 7/11/1961, stayed sober 7 years, even got elected as Alternate Delegate in Alabama but he failed to fully admit that he was powerless over alcohol.
He then drank for 7 years with an extremely negative attitude toward AA.
But AA did not give up on him.
His wife Fran was the Al-Anon speaker at the same event.
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