January 15

January 15 – AM          Page 162-163, A Vision For You, Chapter 11

      Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.  To some extent this is already true.  Some of us are salesmen and go about.  Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.  Those of us who travel drop in as often as we can.  This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.*
Thus we grow.  And so can you, though you be but one man with this book in your hand.  We believe and hope it contains all you will need to begin.

*Written in 1939.  In 1996, there are over 95,000 groups.  There is A.A. activity in 146 countries, with an estimated membership of two million.

January 15 – PM          Page 17, There Is A Solution, Chapter 2

      The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.  We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.  This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.