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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day uh my name's bobby i'm an alcoholic

and through the grace of god the 12 steps and sponsorship i've been sober since june second of

1988 for that i'm grateful i always said so my neighbors they are so grateful

I was one of those crazy neighbors unfortunately so I thank jerry for inviting me and actually

calling me earlier this week to remind me and it's always nice to get those reminders you say yes

months ago and then it's always nice to get those reminders. You say yes months ago, and then

it's always nice to get those reminders. Chapter 5, real clear, my directions tonight to share in a

general way what my life was like as an active alcoholic would happen to me and what my life is like

today as an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous.

And I am an active member.

So I was born and raised in Philadelphia.

I got seven brothers and sisters.

I grew up in a very gritty ethnic neighborhood.

And we had no booze in the house.

My grandparents, both sets of my grandparents were immigrants.

My dad's parents lived around the corner from us, and that's where I had the first drink.

I was just a kid, just a young kid, and we were running around the basement bar,

polishing off the half-empties or the hair falls.

It all depends on your perception. And half empties or the half falls.

It all depends on your perception.

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