Description
Tom Powers of Hankins, NY (Desceased) at Blackstone 1961 Blackstone, VA Retreat Center
• Tom was closely associated with Bill Wilson He helped Bill Edit the TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS
• He is mentioned extensively in Francis Hartigans Biography of Bill
• In this recording he tells his story and talks about maintaining sobriety
• Tom originally came into AA in the early 1940s
• He had a resumed drinking after a period of sobriety and had a very difficult time getting back.
• He finally got sober in 1946 and remained sober for decades.
• He talks about the type of person he was before he started drinking.
• How this made him a natural for Alcoholism
• His progression into Alcoholism and Insanity Hospitalizations, Shock Treatment, and hitting bottom.
• Very good explanation of what hitting bottom is.
• He has a style that really gets to the heart of the matter and he explains complex and often misunderstood things like “hitting Bottom” very well.
