"Dismayed, the elders looked at one another, for they knew he had them
cold. So Ed stayed. Ed not only stayed, he stayed sober...month after
month. The longer he kept dry, the louder he talked...against God. The
group was in anguish so deep that all fraternal charity had
vanished. 'When, oh when,' groaned members to one another, 'will that
guy get drunk?'" (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition Three, pg. 144)
"My drinking assumed more serious proportions, continuing all day and almost every night. The remonstrances of my friends terminated in a row and I became a lone wolf."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 3~