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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day hi everyone I'm George I'm an

alcoholic really grateful to be here and to be sober thank Thank you, Polly, for inviting me. Thank you, Lee.

Thank you, Denise, the hostess with the mostus. I love this conference. I did not fancy women

too much when I got sober, or even before I got sober, or really ever. But I do now.

And I so appreciate all of the speakers who have spoken already.

We're all so different, and our stories are so rich and heartbreaking and beautiful.

And I for so long wanted to mold myself to be like other people,

so I could feel like I fit in to feel like I belonged. And it's those things that make us different

that really make us beautiful. And it's those, the pains that we have and the differences that we

have and when we share them that unite us, rather than me trying to mold myself to be like you, it's to cultivate those things that make me different and unique.

And those pains that I've had and experiences that have created who I am today, those are the things that I bring to you and celebrate with you. And I'm so struck by that in the panel of speakers. There were so different and so alike all at the same time. I love Denise. I had a, I fly some. I wouldn't say I love it. I have grown to, you know, just do it. And so our flight was an hour late, and we were here in Atlanta at the landing time, and we apparently came down to the airport. We did some like roller coaster action and then we

went back up and the pilot came on and said, we've just tried to land, but it's too dangerous. The

winds are really high right now. So we're going to stay in the air for as long as we can. I think,

I think we have enough gas until we can try and figure

this out and decide what to do next. I saw the pilot, too. He was really young, and I'm like,

dude, words. Use your words. That was, so I'm sitting next to this little girl who's traveling

by yourself and so I'm trying to buck up but really I'm I'm frantically trying to text people

but I have no service even though you're supposed to have free Wi-Fi whatever it's not important

by the time I get off the plane, I text Denise.

I'm like, okay, so I'm sorry.

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