MATHEMATICAL AA MIRACLE
Excerpt from came to believe world services 2014
Some years ago, I heard a story
which has been making the rounds
in Midwest A.A. circles for years. I
don’t have any names to back up
this story, but I have heard it from
many sources, and the
circumstances sound believable.
This is an AA Miracle.
A man in a small Wisconsin city
had been on the program for
about three years and had enjoyed
contented sobriety through that
period. Then bad luck began to
hit him in bunches. The firm for
which he had worked for some
fifteen years was sold; his
particular job was phased out of
existence, and the plant moved to
another city. For several months,
he struggled along at odd jobs
while looking for a company that
needed his specialized experience.
Then another blow hit him. His
wife was forced to enter a hospital
for major surgery, and his
company insurance had expired.
At this point he cracked, and
decided to go on an all-out binge.
He didn’t want to stage this in the
small city, where everyone knew
his sobriety record. So he went to
Chicago, checked in at a North
Side hotel, and set forth on his
project. It was Friday night, and
the bars were filled with a
swinging crowd. But he was in no
mood for swinging—he just
wanted to get quietly, miserably
drunk.
Finally, he found a basement
bar on a quiet side street,
practically deserted. He sat down
on a bar stool and ordered a
double bourbon on the rocks. The
bartender said, “Yes, sir,” and
reached for a bottle.
Then the bartender stopped in
his tracks, took a long, hard look
at the customer, leaned over the
bar, and said in a low tone, “I was
in Milwaukee about four months
ago, and one night I attended an
open meeting. You were on the
speaking platform, and you gave
one of the finest A.A. talks I ever
heard.” The bartender turned and
walked to the end of the bar.
For a few minutes, the customer
sat there—probably in a state of
shock. Then he picked his money
off the bar with trembling hands
and walked out, all desire for a
drink drained out of him. An AA miracle?
It is estimated that there are
about 8,000 saloons in Chicago,
employing some 25,000
bartenders. This man had entered
the one saloon in 8,000 where he
would encounter the one man in
25,000 who knew that he was a
member of A.A. and didn’t belong
there. Chicago, Illinois
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