Frank R.
| Speaker | Frank R. |
| Event | AA Delegates Dinner — World Service Conference |
| Location | Unknown |
| Year | 1966 |
| Era | Classic Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 32:42 |
| RS Number | RS-G110 |
Transcript
Like Frank, I guess I was a drunk's drunk for quite a few years when I was in the service. I learned to drink when we didn't have whiskey or bourbon available, liquid lemon extract and turpenhydrate and codeine and medical alcohol. But my wife Holly is out there tonight and we're great at dissembling, I guess, because for quite a while after I met Holly, she didn't realize that I had any problem with alcohol. I think I was a lot like the fellow that got married and after he'd been married a few months, his wife went home to her mother and she said, you know, Mama, John's an awful drunk. And her mother said, didn't you know that when you married him? And the girl said, no. Her mother said, how did you find out? And the girl said, the other night he came home sober. I was a daily periodic. I drank daily and I went on binges. And I wound up in all the places that alcohol will put you with it. And I traveled through the next speaker's country and I was always quite interested. I don't know whether it's really true or not, but I read somewhere that they had or have a state law that you could keep a gallon of alcohol in the house in case a snake bite. So maybe my next speaker will enlighten me on this. I had the privilege of serving together at the conference last year and I have a great admiration for Mike Rainbolt from Oklahoma. Mike. Applause. Notes. My name is Mike Rainbolt and I am an alcoholic. How? I was introduced as being from the Bowen era country out in Amarillo one time. And I've been accused of having some of the features of some of the tribes at any rate. But the Chamber of Commerce frowns on this sort of thing. I think nowadays they're trying to come up with a new image. So we'll let it pass. I have a favor to ask of you, if I may, to start with. I have low vision and while I see you and see you I think rather well, particularly if we're within three or four feet with one another. I cannot and am not able to read your badges. So as I see you from time to time throughout this conference, I…
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