Page: 40
Step we are on: Step One
Subject: Mental Condition, Fred the Accountant, Insanity, Two Fold illness, Nervous, Pre-lapse, Relapse, Normal vs. Abnormal
Good morning. We are on page 40 now, still looking at Fred The Accountant.
- With the humiliation,he had experienced and the knowledge the A.A.’s had given him, what was he certain he could do?
He was positive that this humiliating experience, plus the knowledge he had acquired, would keep him sober the rest of his life.
- What did Fred believe would fix him?
Self-knowledge would fix it.
- A year later, what were the A.A.’s told? Two sentences
We heard no more of Fred for a while. One day we were told that he was back in the hospital.
- In what condition was he?
This time he was quite shaky.
shaky - unsteady condition, ready to fall to pieces; unsound.
The Winston Simplified Dictionary – 1938
Notice that in the 30s "shaky" means something very specific. It is not the same as "a case of the Jitters" which Fred suffered from the first time they saw him a year prior. "The Jitters" is a description of a nervous physical condition - while "shaky" is an adjective describing his overall state.
- Who was it he indicated he wanted to see?
He soon indicated he was anxious to see us.
Comment: Would this indicate he had paid the price of admission; that he had developed a desire to stop drinking?
Tomorrow:
- What was Fred' excuse for drinking?
- With what was he impressed?
- What did he not believe?
- What ideas impressed him the most?
- I rather appreciated your ideas about the subtle insanity which precedes the first drink,
- Of what was he confident?
Peace & Love,
Danny S – RLRA
Real Live Recovered Alcoholic
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