The Determination of Our Founders
A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.
If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so–called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in the city where I live and I know A.A. is available twenty–four hours a day. If I had had to hang on with nothing but hope and a desire not to drink, experiencing rejection wherever I went, I would have sought the easier, softer way and returned to my previous way of life.
