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Hi, I'm Astrid and I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, there's a couple of people I want to thank.

I want to thank Cheryl.

Where'd she go?

Cheryl?

For asking me to speak and I want to thank Bob Kay and his sponsor Frank for handing

out CDs of mine and driving me and supporting me and Serenity and Yosemite has been incredibly

generous.

It's like such an honor to be here at what a beautiful setting to share a message and

my friend Lynn who came up here with me supportive and such a strong, strong member of

Alcoholics Anonymous and I want to thank God and I want to thank the twelve steps and

I want to thank everybody that has sponsored me along the way because it's been one hell

of a journey and I have needed a lot of help, a lot.

I am a real alcoholic, I am a bottle hiding pee in your pants, burn holes in the couch,

break out in handcuffs, vomit on your party dress, real alcoholic and yeah.

And that's a really important factor for me and my sponsor has showed me that I really

want to be sure that I qualify, that I have, that I have this physical allergy because

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