Sobriety Without End
Father Ralph Pfau (November 10, 1904-February 19, 1967), who was a Roman Catholic priest, spent years serving parishes in Indianapolis and southern Indiana. Ralph was the first Roman Catholic priest to get sober in Alcoholics Anonymous (he came in on November 10, 1943), and under the pen name which he chose to use, Father John Doe, he wrote his fourteen Golden Books back in the 1940’s and 50’s and early 60’s. They are still being read and used by A.A.’s today:Spiritual Side(1947),Tolerance(1948),Attitudes(1949),Action(1950),Happiness(1951),Excuses(1952),Sponsorship(1953),Principles(1954),Resentments(1955),Decisions(1957),Passion(1960),Sanity(1963),Sanctity(1964), andLiving(1964).