A Humble Tale

About the Book

A Humble Tale is about Earle and his battle with alcohol.  After many drunk driving escapades and a suicide attempt he goes to an AA member for help.  At his first AA meeting he gets the message and his life is changed forever.

Most AA groups meet in church buildings or any building that will offer them space.  As a relatively new member in 1957 Earle recognized the need for alcoholics to have their own building for meetings.  He was the prime force in finding the building and securing a loan for it.  Forty-five years later there are more than thirty meetings a week held there.

A Humble Tale includes many speeches by other alcoholics telling how AA has worked for them.  Many humorous or downright sad stories are told about going on Twelve Step calls.

The book is mainly about Earle’s discontent with the AA Fellowship of the 90’s.  Today’s members are often not working the AA Twelve Step Program and it is deteriorating the Fellowship.  There are certain things an alcoholic must do if he wants to be sober, happy, content and to avoid depression.  It is absolutely essential for the alcoholic to have a spiritual awakening and turn his will and life over to God.  Then he must carry this message to other alcoholics. Today’s alcoholics and future alcoholics should heed the warning.

About the Author

Earle O’Hagan at age 84 has been sober for over 46 years. Son of an alcoholic Earle was in his thirties before he realized what alcohol was doing to him. At his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting he got the message and his life was changed forever. Earl kept his sobriety while enduring the deaths of two of his five children and having several addicted grandchildren. Earle who met Bill W. many times through the years believes to find and to keep your sobriety you must follow the Twelve Step Program as instructed by Bill W. in the Big Book. He is discontented with the AA of the 90’s, as it is not following the Big Book. In 1957 he was the prime force in purchasing a building where the Trenton, New Jersey Club could hold meetings without being dependent on others. Earle and his wife Emily live in New Jersey.