"TWELVE STEPS and the older Member"

Cover is glued to stapled text pages, 5 1/2"
x 7 1/8"

Inside is the title page:
"TWELVE STEPS and the older Member"

Publisher line is:
"Older Member Press,Box 25, Guilford, Conn"

Copyright page:
"Copyright 1964 by Older Member Press
First Serial rights granted A.A. Grapevine
1954 through 1963; all other rights retained
by copyright owner.
First Printing June, 1964.
Library of Congress catalog number:64-22572
Price Two Dollars"

Great lines from the intro:

"The newest newcomer is just as authentically
an explorer into the infinite as were Bill and
Bob when they founded AA on June 10,1935.
Nobody can take the Tweve Steps for anybody
else. Each individual who sets his foot on
the road suggested by the Steps finds himself
on his own endlessly challenging, sometime
perilous journey into undiscovered territory."

I suggest that you hang on to that book; there
are probably few copies around.

You probably know it was written by Jerome
Ellison, who had a great career as a writer and
editor before alcoholism laid him low. He came
back in sobriety to become a fairly successful
writer again and was, for a short time, editor
of the Grapevine. He was also a professor at
Indiana University for seven years.

I met him once at the Grapevine offices and
also spent an afternoon visiting with him at
his home in Guilford, CT., in early 1964. He
passed away many years ago.

Mel Barger

Jerome Ellison, Author And Ex-Collier's Editor

Published: June 10, 1981

Jerome Ellison, author and former managing
editor of Collier's, died yesterday in the
Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was 73
years old.

For a number of years, he had lived in
Guilford, Conn.

Mr. Ellison was a founder of Associated
Magazine Contributors, a corporation begun
in 1946 as an owner-contributor publication.
Among the co-owners were Pearl Buck, Roger
Butterfield, John Steinbeck and John Dos
Passos. The pocket-sized magazine appeared
on newsstands as '47 Magazine and lasted a
few years.

A longtime magazine contributor and editor,
Mr. Ellison had worked on Life, Liberty and
The Reader's Digest, as well as Collier's.
During World War II, he was editorial director
of the Bureau of Overseas Publications of
the Office of War Information.

Mr. Ellison's books included ''The Prisoner
Ate a Hearty Breakfast,'' ''John Brown's
Soul,'' ''The Dam'' and ''Report to the
Creator.''

Surviving are two daughters, Judith Ogden
of Lincoln, Mass., and Julie Ellison of
Ann Arbor, Mich., and a grandson.

Older Member Press / Serial Rights Granted By A.A. Grapevine 1954-1963, FIRST EDITION/JUNE 1964 .

THIS IS A MODIFIED TWELVE STEPS
A.A. LIFESTYLE CHANGE, SPIRITUAL,
AND SUPPORT REFERENCE
AIMED AT OLDER / RETIRED
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEMBERS
FEATURES LATER
MIDDLE AGE AND OLDER
REFLECTIONS, EXAMPLES OF HARD WON
LIFE LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES,
MEMBER MENTOR GUIDANCE &
LIFE STORIES, SPIRITUAL AND
FAITH EXAMPLES, HIGHER POWER
PHILOSOPHY EXAMPLES,
PIVOTAL SELF ASSESSMENT
AND SELF ACCEPTANCE EXAMPLES,
CRISIS, MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION,
AND CHANGE EXAMPLES,
"ONE DAY AT A TIME"
STYLE SOBRIETY GOAL PLANNING,
WAYS OF ACCEPTING AND
UNDERSTANDING AGING &
ASSOCIATED SOCIAL AND CAREER CHANGES, UNDERSTANDING
RELATIONSHIPS,
STAYING SOBER, AND MORE .