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JIM’S STORY 245
to hold meetings. They taught us a great deal about
Twelfth Step work too. Indeed, without their aid we
couldn’t possibly have gone on. They saved us endless
time and lost motion. And, not only that, but they gave
us financial help. Even when we were paying that two
dollars a night, they often paid it for us because our
collection was so small.
At this time I wasn’t working. Vi was taking care
of me, and I was devoting all my time to the building
of that group. I worked at that alone for six months.
I just gathered up this and that alcoholic, because, in
the back of my mind, I wanted to save all the world.
I had found this new “something,” and I wanted to
give it to everyone who had a problem. We didn’t
save the world, but we did manage to help some in­
dividuals.
That’s my story of what A.A. has done for me.