Voice in the Mirror

Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by his hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself, but he can't. One night, he meets fellow alcoholic William Tobin and discovers that he helps himself by trying to help Tobin. Thus is born a group resembling Alcoholics Anonymous. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>