Dear Mother of "J.":
I cannot tell how poignantly I am stirred by your letter
about your alcoholic son.
Just ten years ago my own mother -- lost hope . . .
I had come to the jumping-off place. . .
Did I, an alcoholic, have a defective character?
Of course I did.
Was I, an alcoholic, also a sick man? Yes, very. . .
You may have heard how a friend came to me bearing
the light which finally led me out of the toils.
There will come a day like that for you and yours --
I'm so confident!
Every recovery from alcoholism
began with one sober hour.
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.