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Alcohol is only the solution to an underlying problem, and it's not really until you take
care of the problem that you can relieve yourself of the alcoholism.
Anne was the spitting image of the late movie actress Ann Sheridan. She had that nice red
hair, and just a beautiful girl. Lovely, well-developed figure, except that she had an illness. The
illness is called dropsy; her legs at the ankle were just as wide as they were at her
hip. And she was very self-conscious about that. She always wore lounging pajamas, slacks,
or long skirts to hide her legs. When she used to go swimming, she'd wait until night
when everyone was gone. As a matter of fact, the light that is up there was put up by her
boyfriend so she could go up there late at night to go swimming. We made an exception
for her on account of how ashamed she was of herself.
She always said that she drank because when she drank, she forgot that she had this thing
with her legs, and remove the embarrassment.
Well, they found Anne dead in the travel lodge at Fisherman's Wharf, apparently overdosed
on alcohol.
But the reason I bring her name up, is that her boyfriend is up here too. You always say
to the alcoholic, "Don't ask for too much, you might get it?" Well, he used to come up
here and say, "The reason I'm drunk is because I got no job. I'm just hanging around waiting
to get a job, and I'm drunk. As soon as I get a job, I'll be alright."
By golly, he got a job. He got offered a hell of a job in Hawaii. And his plan was to marry
Anne and take her over to Hawaii, and they were going to live happily ever after because
he had solved his problem.
But he had to go out and celebrate, because he got the job. And he never put in a day's
work because he died during the celebration.