January 21 in A.A. History

In 1942, Island Press published Drunks are Square Pegs [left] by Charles C., Jr.. He was from Bedford Hills, New York, and had been an Oxford Grouper. He had worked with Rev. Sam Shoemaker, but couldn’t stay sober. In Oct 1935, Charles sought and received help from A.A. founder Bill W.; he got sober and stayed sober. His book The Big Bender (published in 1938) tells the story. He also wrote Drinking’s Not the Problem (published in 1949), which was reviewed in the Dec 1949 issue of the A.A. Grapevine.