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