MY NAME IS HARRY,AND I'M AN ALCOHOLIC.

HI, HARRY.HI, HARRY.

I'VE BEEN SOBER NOWFOR FIVE YEARS,

AND I'VE LEARNED THATDRINKING ICE TEA

AND GETTING MORE INVOLVED WITHMY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

IS WAY MORE FUNTHAN PARTYING !

IT SURE IS...

ONCE I ACCEPTEDTHAT I WAS POWERLESS

TO CONTROL MY DRINKINGAND MY LIFE

I PUT IT INGOD'S HANDS, AND NOW

THESE MEETINGS ARETHE MOST FUN THING I DO !

YEAH !

UH, EXCUSE ME.

WHO'S INCHARGE HERE ?

NONE OF US ARE IN CHARGE,WE'RE ALL POWERLESS.

WE SURE ARE !THAT'S RIGHT !UH-HUH !

UH, LOOK, MY DADWAS HERE YESTERDAY

AND YOU ALL KIND OFMESSED HIM UP

BY TELLING HIMHE HAD A DISEASE.

ALCOHOLISMIS A DISEASE.

NO, IT'S NOT.

AND YOU CAN'TJUST GOING AROUND

SAYING STUFF LIKE THATTO PEOPLE LIKE MY DAD

HE'S A KIND OFA HYPOCHONDRIAC.

IT IS A DISEASE BECAUSEIT'S A PHYSICAL DEPENDENCY.

THAT MAKES ITA DISEASE.

NO, CANCER IS A DISEASE.

MY DAD NEEDS TODRINK LESS.

HE CAN'TQUIT BY HIMSELF !

NONE OF US COULD.

HE NEEDSDIVINE INTERVENTION.

SPIRITUALITY.

NO, HE JUSTNEEDS A DIS-A-PRIN.

BUT THANKS TO YOU PEOPLE

MY DAD NOW THINKSHE HAS A DISEASE

THAT HE CAN'TCURE HIMSELF.

YOUNG MAN,DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THETWELVE STEP PROGRAM ?

YEAH, AND I ALSO KNOWA THING OR TWO ABOUT CULTS.

I WAS THE LEADEROF ONE FOR A WHILE.

GOD DAMMIT !