10-15-03

[rosie read and post]

As Bill Sees It
Relapses--and the Group, p. 154

An early fear was that of slips or relapses. At first
nearly every
alcoholic we approached began to slip, if indeed he sobered
up at all.
Others would stay dry six months or maybe a year and then
take a
skid. This was always a genuine catastrophe. We would all
look at
each other and say, "Who next?"

Today, though slips are a very serious difficulty, as a
group we take
them in stride. Fear has evaporated. Alcohol always
threatens the
individual, but we know that it cannot destroy the common
welfare.

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