March 25

March 25 – AM          Page 163, A Vision For You, Chapter 11

We know of an A.A. member who was living in a large community.  He had lived there but a few weeks when he found that the place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.  This was only a few days ago at this writing.  (1939) The authorities were much concerned.  He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.  The doctor proved to be able and exceedingly anxious to adopt any workable method of handling the situation.  So he inquired, what did our friend have on the ball?
Our friend proceeded to tell him.  And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic which he attends.  Arrangements were also made with the chief psychiatrist of a large public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.

March 25 – PM          Page 50-51, We Agnostics, Chapter 4

Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed.  They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.  In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.  This happened soon after they wholeheartedly met a few simple requirements.  Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.  Leaving aside the drink question, they tell why living was so unsatisfactory.  They show how the change came over them.  When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.