OBSERVATIONS

by Virginia

AA AND FP

I was talking to one of our sisters the other day who was celebrat- ing her 10th year of sobriety in AA. The idea came to me that since we have quite a number of reformed alcoholics among our readers and in view of the fact that a fair proportion of them became alcoholics because of their TVism, that many of them in effect had two problems and had them both in common. Thus there might be some real value in enabling FP-AA's (or even alcoholics who were not members of AA) to be able to know of each other's double problem and to communicate with each other.

Although I am not an alcoholic I have been to AA meetings with friends who are and I am aware of what the 12th step entails. Seems to me that while distance might preclude going to a sister's house to hold her hand so to speak, it would not preclude some correspondence with someone needing help and encouragement so that it could be of some real value.

So, in thinking how such a thing could be set up I have decided that what could be done is to have those of you who are AA-FP's send me a name and an address. If you are a member of Tri Sigma the femmename and code number would do. If not, you could give some other designation and useable address. I would then publish this list in a future issue of TVia and then anyone who wanted to contact any other member of this group could send a letter with the usual $1 forwarding fee in a stamped envelope with the identification number or name on the front in pencil and I will forward it for you. If enough of you respond to this idea I will set up a separate code system which could be published along with the femmename and city and state,

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