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Good morning, everyone.

My name is Rick, aka the Lady Raina Terror.

And I came by that name many years ago from one of my drag mothers,

and that was one of my drag daughters, just born, Miss Abby Normal Terror.

So, you know, I'm going to talk a little bit about that because part of who we are,

especially in a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community, it's all about identity,

and especially in fourth step, a lot of stuff comes up for all of us, whether you're straight,

whatever.

I think it's very important to acknowledge those things.

And I want to say, first of all, thank you to everyone that is here today.

You are survivors.

Thank you for asking me to be of service and to speak because you've got to work the program

to keep your own recovery going.

And I was a really unhappy sick person before I came into the 12th step because I was trying

to save everyone I loved and not taking care of myself.

And that is where the line is in Al-Anon and AA, as far as I understand it.

And I only speak from my own experience, and I can't speak to all of you about your experience.

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