S2T1A Al Church
| Speaker | S2T1A Al Church |
| Event | AA Meeting |
| Location | Unknown |
| Year | Unknown |
| Era | Classic Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 21:03 |
| RS Number | RS-G091 |
Transcript
Aloysius S. Church, Member Board of Directors of the Greater Detroit Council on Alcoholism, Chairman of the Medical Committee. Member Alcoholism and Drug Action Committee, Michigan State Medical Society. Member Board of Directors, National Council on Alcoholism. Member Michigan State Board of Alcoholism, Department of Public Health. Member United Community Service Review Committee on Alcoholism. Member Board of Directors and Psychiatric Consultant for Sobriety House. Member Committee on Alcoholism and Addiction, Michigan Society of Neurology and Psychiatry. Member International Council on Alcohol and Alcoholism, World Health Organization. Al Church. I forgot to mention I'm a drunken psychiatrist. Aloysius, Bill, and Polly. I'm awed at being here. I'm not only a drunken psychiatrist, I'm a nervous one. Interesting things happen at these meetings. I meet all kinds of people. And last night, I met an experienced, unusual one. He was reaching his pocket and this little piece of paper fell out of his pocket. It reads, I am a very important Catholic. In case of an accident, please call a bishop. And this morning, he gave me a real card. It says, when you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble. But to keep me humble and keep me in place, maybe I noticed in the letter which came to you, I'm listed here as Dr. Elk, A-L-C. That's abbreviated to alcoholism, you see. And then Brody puts down, this was not intentional, just to keep the ego deflated. So you see, I'm kept in place. I have enjoyed this meeting with science and AA together. I know they're allies, but I'm not at all forgetful that there's one ally that comes to us, especially on this day. And if you haven't read the speech delivered at the AA International Convention in Toronto by Ralph Daniels of Michigan, it is entitled Allies of Alcoholics Anonymous. And here is a paper worth reading, although I think it lacks one thing. There's one more partner in this partnership, and that is God himself. There's science and AA and God. And I was struck by that in church today. Although I'm not all for science, because I recently read an article, alcoholics, West Coast researchers have confirmed a Chilean doctor's finding that the frequency of color blindness among alcoholics is much greater than the general population. But I looked around your tie and I find you're in good taste to me….
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