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Like Mark Twain, I always embarrassed when people compliment me.

I feel they're not saying enough.

Thank you, Don, for the very warm welcome.

Thank you, Popeye, for inviting me for giving me the privilege of being a service.

And before I tell you my name, I'll spell it for you.

It's A, J, I, T, pronounced a G, it's not a jet.

It's not harsh, or any of this, and get about 99 versions to my name.

What a beautiful crowd, put my glasses on so I can see you.

So unlike my very first meeting in Detroit, Michigan, actually, a suburban of it was a dark

dingy room, six women average age deceased, at least they were beautiful like you.

About my age that I am today just seemed so alien to me to walk into something called

Alonon to get someone sober, at least that's what I thought.

I think Alonon is a con job.

It says it's for those people who are affected by someone else's drinking.

I think it should say those people are affected by their own thinking, the stinking thinking.

I cannot say, I do not refer to the alcoholic in my life, which is now my former wife,

as my qualifier.

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