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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day i can call him that we was just saying

we've known each other since 1995 so that entitles me to call him darling did I understand you correctly that you ask the virgins in the room to stand up?

I would suggest if you're going to do that, not give some of us a heart attack,

that you identify what the definition of that means before you ask them to stand.

So I said, I'm Mildred, I'm from Toronto. My dry date is May the 18th, 1973.

And I want to thank you for the kindness with which you have welcomed me.

So many of you have come up.

And some of you, I may not remember your names, but your kindness doesn't go unnoticed. And so I'm very happy to be here and to share with you my experience.

I was going to say my thoughts. No, I'm going to share my experience on steps two and three.

And to do that, I've made a few notes because I've changed my mind about how I'm going to do this.

I've had a very difficult time with steps two and three.

And steps two and three have become the centerpiece of my life.

That sounds a little strange because at a time I would have said 10, 11, and 12.

It doesn't mean 10, 11, and 12 aren't important.

But I begin my day with 1, 2, and 3.

And to the degree that I start out, reminding myself, I have no power

of my own, number one, and thank goodness, I don't have to live with that, because into that space

immediately will step the false self, and it will run my life if I allow it.

But I have come to believe that there is a power of good, and that power of good has guided me.

Otherwise, I would not be standing here and able to say, last night we celebrated my 45th anniversary.

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