In 1944, the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism (NCEA),
founded by Margaret “Marty” M.
[left], opened a tiny office in the New York Academy of Medicine
building
[right]
on E. 103rd Street in New York City. For the next four years, the
office was staffed by Marty and a secretary. The budget for the the
first year was $13,000 [~$239,300 in 2025].
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In 1950, the NCEA was renamed the National
Council on Alcoholism (NCA), and in 1990, it became the National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD).
In 1958, CBS-TV aired a live production of “Days of Wine and Roses” on
Playhouse 90 (season 3, episode 3). It starred Cliff Robertson
[near left]
as Joe Clay; Piper Laurie
[middle left]
as Joe’s wife Kirsten Arneson Clay; and Charles Bickford
[far right]
as Kirsten’s as Kirsten’s father, Ellis Arnesen. Alcoholics
Anonymous cooperated in its making, as well as in that of the later
movie version
[right: scene from near the end of the Playhouse 90 production]. The story centers on Joe’s testimony at an A.A. meeting. It ends
with Joe in recovery, while Kirsten continues to drink, abandoning
Joe and their daughter.
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