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It was then that Dr. Edgren, with some great intuitive sense, decided on a last effort to save me from myself. "Bill," he said, "it isn't too late to stop these proceedings if you will just admit you need help and cooperate with me. But you must withdraw that letter and make up your mind to stay here peacefully, helping us get at the root of your troubles. No more lies, no more tantrums, no more medicine. It won't be easy, but it's the only way out." I felt like a man unexpectedly pardoned from the gallows. For the first time, I knew I had found someone with a will stronger than my own, someone more determined that I was going to get well than I was. With tears dimming my vision, I grasped his hand. "I'll withdraw the letter," I wept. "I swear I'll put myself in your hands, Doctor. Whatever you say, I promise you, that will be it." It was at this moment God willed I should get well. If I used millions of words, there is no ex plaining the joy of my homecoming on a cold blustery day in late December, 1956. As Harriet drove up our winding driveway, it was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. I simply sat there, taking in every detail. Home again! Two lazy and wonderful weeks slipped past and I felt complete, filled with a surging vital ity. My convalescence was almost four months old by this time, and the urge was growing ever stronger to return to work. It was twice as tough as I expected it to be. Old friends were pleasant but evasive. New faces were friendly but noncommittal. As one disappointing day led to another, there seemed to be no jobs for Bill Stern. But I kept trying. In the meantime I found contentment in my blessings: Harriet's happi ness, our children, our home, and my new found health. These, I knew, I would not trade for all the fame in the world nor would I jeopardize them again. Almost two months passed. Money was no immediate problem; I had earned great sums and saved conscientiously. Yet a seem ing eternity of inactivity passed before I finally received a call in February from station WINS in New York. They offered me a spot as a disc jockey from 7 to 10 in the morning. It was a start up the road back, and I was tremendously grateful for the opportunity to take this first step in the right direction. This show, which we called "Contact," was patterned after Bill Cullen's highly successful "Pulse," an NBC program. Then, on a memorable day in August, I received a phone call from Mike Roshkind, who was handling public relations for the Mutual Broadcasting System. "Bill," he asked, "how would you like to do a sports show for Mutual?" Mike's words were among the most beauti ful I had ever heard because they meant my re-entry into the network field and into sports, which I had always preferred. Stern has own program, is also sports director of Mutual Broadcasting System. v Details were worked out and in September, 1957, I was doing a nightly show for Mutual. The following January will always be one of the most memorable months of my life. My old sponsor, Colgate, for whom I had worked 12 years putting on the fantastically successful "Sports Newsreel," proved its loyalty to me again when it sponsored me coast-to-coast, twice each morning, over the Mutual network. Then, although I had been back on the air in sports for only three months, the nation's radio editors voted me the Radio-and-TV Daily award as the sportscaster of the year. New encouragement was provided when TV-Radio Mirror informed me early this year that I had won its award as 1958's favorite radio sports announcer. To cap rr all, there was this letter from Dr. Francis J. Braceland, psychiatrist-in-chief at the Institute of Living in Hartford. "Dear Bill: "The excellent reports I get about you from Dr. Edgren and the things 1 read about your accomplishments give me a great feeling of satisfaction. You have done an excellent job. You are to be sincerely congratulated, and I am so delighted to see you back in the swing of things. "Although it is impossible to convey to each person who is here our feelings and hopes, nonetheless we are vitally interested in their welfare. Without this interest, the job here would be impossible. "Please know, therefore, that by your accomplishments you help a great many people. You encourage those who are having trouble themselves and who have learned that you had difficulty and saw it through, and you also encourage the members of the staffs like ours who feel that the efforts this work re quires are not in vain. "With my own sincere personal congratula- ' Hons and the congratulations and prayers and best wishes of every member of the staff, I am Sincerely, Francis J. Braceland, M.D." I cherish that letter, and a deep gratitude wells up within me at the kindness of people: the ever-aiding votes of the most distant and anonymous listener, the encouragement of the awards, the inspiration of such earnest men as Dr. Braceland and Dr. Edgren. Above all, I cherish my loved ones for their faith, help, and understanding. All I can say to them, now that it is over, is thank you. And thank God. 12 Family Weekly, December 6, 1959
