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Good morning everyone, my name is Ann Maria and I am an alcoholic.

Okay, step two and three.

Well, last night we talked a lot about the physical craving in the mental obsession and

that basically because of the way that my body processes alcohol with respect to the physical

craving and the way that my mind works telling me I can drink again, even though I just

practically set stuff on fire and like blew up a town caused by alcohol, somehow I can

still drink again like an hour later.

I am completely powerless over alcohol and that powerlessness, my life becomes unmanageable

and the unmanageability we talked about last night was on page 52, which is very often referred

to as the bedevilments.

And the reason that I like to always refer to page 52 is because it's a good barometer

for me as I continue to stay sober.

It's a good barometer to me to see where my unmanageability is.

And so I just want to go back to page 52 and take a look at that second first full paragraph,

I guess is the second full paragraph.

And the reason I like it is because when something's going on with me and I just don't feel

right and I'll sit there and I'll talk to my sponsor or I'll talk to other people

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