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thank you gary for asking me you didn't ask me to speak yeah it was you it was you thank you

i didn't want to lie from the lect, it was you. It was you. Thank you.

I didn't want to lie from the lector.

I've never done that before.

So, yeah, I, I, who am I really, why am I up here?

Well, a real reason I'm up here is, the real reason I'm up here is because it helps me stay sober and I need to keep staying sober.

You know, I'm 30 years sober, but apparently I'm the type of alcoholic that needs to stay sober and that needs to maintain a certain approach to life and a certain attitude to really to stay sober and that needs to maintain a certain approach to life and a certain attitude

to really to stay happy enough to stay sober. That's a bit of a weak way of putting it.

So that's, you know, so right, I'm up here, helps me stay sober and why does it help me stay sober?

Because what I want to do is say something that maybe will help someone else.

That's the thing.

That's the real magic for me of doing this.

I do like the sound of my own voice.

I do like public speaking.

I've been paid for it in the past.

If you want to make donations to me after

this share, that's fine. Wouldn't recommend it breaks the traditions. And I love weaving stories.

I absolutely adore it. But that's not why I'm up here. It's not why I'm up here. The reason

I'm up here is because literally I discovered something that saved my life

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