Dr. Brodie
| Speaker | Dr. Brodie |
| Event | AA Meeting |
| Location | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Year | 1957 |
| Era | Pioneer Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 1:09:15 |
| RS Number | RS-G119 |
Transcript
I'm going to try to squeeze another one on here. This is the way we do it. And I hope I don't run out of time or space on the end of this reel. The speaker is Dr. Brodie of Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Annual Banquet. I don't remember the exact date, but it was quite a few years ago. I'd say maybe seven, eight, nine years ago, at least, maybe more. And both the chairman, Hugh Rittenour, who introduces Doc, and Doc Brodie are good friends of ours. I don't know exactly how many years he has in AA. It's a fair amount of time, but he does give a good talk, and I thought you might be interested in having it. So here we go. If he cared, if I made a certain mention of a certain fact, and he said, I don't give a damn what you tell him, this is an AA function, it's been my privilege to consider this man a friend since shortly after I came on to the AA program and first met him. I know some things about him, and others I don't. I know that he is a doctor, but I don't know where he got his degree. I don't know what he's a doctor of, particularly. I don't know how good a doctor he is. He seems to be doing all right, he looks well fed. The thing that we're interested in tonight are some facts that I do know about him. I know that he's an alcoholic, I know that he's a member of AA, and I know that he is a good, sincere, hard-working, and grateful member of AA. I want to cite one instance of that. One instance that I mentioned to him before the meeting to prove that statement. About three or four years ago it was my privilege to attend a meeting of Pendleton State Reformatory. That is what is known as the captive group, young boys who are serving their time there who believe that they are in there because of their alcoholic problem and are trying to do something about it. Doc Brody was asked to speak at that meeting, and when he appeared on the program on the platform he said that he had been faced with a decision that day. His son was to enter college, and he…
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