John Lee Park
| Speaker | John Lee Park |
| Event | AA Meeting |
| Location | San Francisco, CA |
| Year | 1965 |
| Era | Classic Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 1:00:40 |
| RS Number | RS-G067 |
Transcript
And now we come to our best at the last, because it is our wonderful speaker from New York, John Park L. I have had the pleasure of knowing him for several years, and I told him tonight just before the meeting, I said, now I'm going to introduce you, and you'll just have to take it from there and qualify yourself. But he is a wonderful person and a wonderful AA, and I'm sure he has a wonderful and good message for us. So I won't take any more of his time. I give you John Park L. from New York City. How are you all? It's customary, I know, to identify yourself and give your credentials for appearing before such a group. I'd like to give you an objective statement about my right to be here. Some years ago when Charlie Jackson's book, The Lost Weekend, was made into a motion picture, with some trepidation I took my wife to see it. I suffered through the picture, as all of us, I think, who have seen it did, reliving many of the experiences which the mythical character Don Burnham had therein. My wife didn't say anything. When we got out, I didn't say anything for a while. We walked along the street. Finally, I summoned up my courage and I said to her, well, honey, what did you think about it? She gave one of those wifely sniffs and said, that guy wasn't even drunk. Shortly after I joined AA, I took my father, who was a Presbyterian clergyman, to his first meeting. And after the meeting was over, during the first meeting, I said, well, I'm going to tell you a story. I said, well, I'm going to tell you a story, and I said, well, I'm going to tell you a story, and I said, well, I'm going to tell you a story, his first meeting. And after the meeting was over, during the coffee and donut hour, we became separated, and one of the eager beavers in the group hustled up to father and said, do you have an alcoholic problem? Father said, yes, indeed, there he is. So I think you'll agree that I qualify. Of course, it's pleasant to be back here again. Some of my friends in New Orleans were reminding me of the hassle I found myself in up to my…
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