Product Description
by Allen Reid McGinnis (Author)
A Workshop on Alcoholism and one man's opinion of how he learned to be happy, joyous and free. "Nobody speaks officially for the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, not even the founders." Allen Reid McGinnis began his seminars with this disclaimer and repeated a version of it during each "workshop" he conducted. He was a teacher and understood his imperfections and honestly attempted to confront them during his life. He shared what he had "come to believe". He was a person who wanted to be human and most importantly just "be". We are all on a journey and our searching can be honest, but not perfect. The joyous and free lives we seek come with mistakes and imperfections. The storms we encounter are inevitable, but they are not who we are. We are how we live through the storms.
Author Biography
Allen Reid McGinnis was a native of Oklahoma, received his education In Catholic parochial schools and attended the University of Tulsa. Before turning to advertising, he had a successful career as a writer of short stories. He also had several plays produced by various civic theatres as well as summer stock companies. He joined a highly respected advertising firm in 1945 after his discharge from the Army and in the more than twenty years that followed he wrote copy for many large accounts working up to TV writing in the '50s and eventually becoming Creative Director and a Vice-President in the company. His list of advertising awards was long and varied. Allen was a past president of The Copy Club of Los Angeles and a member of the permanent advertising committee for the United Crusade.
