Analysis Of Chapter 48: Herculean Tug
Chapter 48 – Herculean Tug
A few weeks later, Tom took Amon shopping for some winter clothes – a coat and hat, scarves, gloves, and some work boots – at the army-navy surplus store on Richmond Avenue. Tom insisted on paying for the clothes, overcoming the
Mariners Harbor resident objections.
“I haven’t been around to help you lately. This is the least I can do.”
The two young men emerged from the store carrying several bundles of clothing and walked along Richmond Avenue, which was decorated with red and green lights, holly wreaths , and silver bunting – befitting the upcoming Christmas holi- day. Since his early days on Staten Island as a wide-eyed twelve year old, Tom always associated Christmas with the bustling Port Richmond shopping …show more content…
They can pull themselves togeth- er, take long showers, act smarter, and be more alive than most people. Alco- holics have to be one step ahead of their cohorts. There is psychic energy in keeping their addiction secret. Nevertheless by 1934, Bill Wilson had hit rock bottom. Desperate, he exclaimed: “If there be a God, let him show himself!”
Suddenly, the room blazed with an indescribable white light and he was seized with ecstasy. “You are a free man!” A profound change took place and Bill Wil- son never took another drink for the rest of his life.
Actually Bill Wilson and his friend, Dr. Robert Smith, made the fundamental dis- covery that a group of alcoholics talking about their drinking problem was more effective than the lone alcoholic, in a moment of remorse, promising never to drink again. Wilson realized that “he needed the alcoholic as much as he needed me.” He also understood that each alcoholic has his own drinking story and his own road to sobriety. Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith founded Alcoholics Anon- ymous on June 10, 1935 – built on the concepts of group conscience, total hones- ty, anonymity (first names only), humility (no leaders), restitution (to friends
A few weeks later, Tom took Amon shopping for some winter clothes – a coat and hat, scarves, gloves, and some work boots – at the army-navy surplus store on Richmond Avenue. Tom insisted on paying for the clothes, overcoming the
Mariners Harbor resident objections.
“I haven’t been around to help you lately. This is the least I can do.”
The two young men emerged from the store carrying several bundles of clothing and walked along Richmond Avenue, which was decorated with red and green lights, holly wreaths , and silver bunting – befitting the upcoming Christmas holi- day. Since his early days on Staten Island as a wide-eyed twelve year old, Tom always associated Christmas with the bustling Port Richmond shopping …show more content…
They can pull themselves togeth- er, take long showers, act smarter, and be more alive than most people. Alco- holics have to be one step ahead of their cohorts. There is psychic energy in keeping their addiction secret. Nevertheless by 1934, Bill Wilson had hit rock bottom. Desperate, he exclaimed: “If there be a God, let him show himself!”
Suddenly, the room blazed with an indescribable white light and he was seized with ecstasy. “You are a free man!” A profound change took place and Bill Wil- son never took another drink for the rest of his life.
Actually Bill Wilson and his friend, Dr. Robert Smith, made the fundamental dis- covery that a group of alcoholics talking about their drinking problem was more effective than the lone alcoholic, in a moment of remorse, promising never to drink again. Wilson realized that “he needed the alcoholic as much as he needed me.” He also understood that each alcoholic has his own drinking story and his own road to sobriety. Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith founded Alcoholics Anon- ymous on June 10, 1935 – built on the concepts of group conscience, total hones- ty, anonymity (first names only), humility (no leaders), restitution (to friends