April 10, 1945
The Day in Indiana
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From: THE MUNCIE STAR
By: Maurice Early
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INDIANA'S NEWEST venture in drunk cure activity
appears to be headed for success. The newly instituted Indiana
Home, owned and operated by two members of the Alcoholics
Anonymous group, had six customers during its first week of
operation. The North Alabama street institution has an eighteen
bed capacity.
WHILE THIS institution is a private venture to give
drunks a six day treatment to sober them up, it is serving
another purpose. It is to be a "focal point" for the members of
the alcoholic anonymous group, which has grown to more than 150
in less than five years. AA members, all former drunks, will
visit the patients while they are being relieved of the jitters in
the hope of interesting them in the philosophy of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
INDIANA HOME is not patterned after a similar
institution at Columbus, O., and seven homes in Cleveland. This
specialized nursing home has an advantage over a regular hospital
It can be visited at all times by AA members. This would not
be possible in a general hospital.