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September 1992

(From Dear Grapevine)

I read with interest “Are We Locked In?” by E. L. of Council Bluffs. About those "noisy wet drunks" that come to our meetings, the First Tradition as written in The Twelve Traditions Illustrated spells out the answer. For E. L., I quote, “Our brother the noisy drunk affords the simplest illustration of this Tradition. If he insists on disrupting the meeting, we ‘invite’ him to leave and we bring him back when he’s in better shape to hear the message. We are putting the ‘common welfare (of the group)’ first. But it is his welfare, too; if he’s ever going to get sober, the group must go on functioning, ready for him.”

During my 21 years in the Fellowship, I have been a part of groups that have asked “noisy wet drunks” to leave, but as the First Tradition suggests, in most every instance some of us in the group hung on to him (followed up) and, if still interested, we “brought him back” when he was in better shape to grasp the message.

D. A.

Lakeview, Arkansas