ESH: Brenda J will probably put a smile on your face and carries quite a message (LGBTQ) NSFW

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Brenda J. from Dallas Texas was sober 16 years when she told her story in a funny and powerful way at the 50th Florida State Convention held in Palm Harbor Florida in August of 2006. LGBTQ (NSFW) Email: [email protected] Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1600+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast
0:11.8	format.
0:12.8	We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening please help us be self-supporting by visiting
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0:22.4	We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.
0:28.4	My name is Brandama, recovering lesbian, Hispanic, Catholic, alcoholic, drug addict, full-figured
0:34.2	woman.
0:53.2	Thank you and good night.
1:03.1	I have people who tell me, you know, Brenda, you're just, you're crazy, man, don't start
1:07.4	off like that, you know?
1:09.2	Because, because if you start off like that then people are going to like form opinions
1:14.4	about you before you ever say anything.
1:16.6	They said they're alcoholics, they formed their opinion on my way up here.
1:21.6	You know, and I started not to tell you, you know, I started not to tell you and I thought,
1:32.8	I'll just share my story, you know, I'm just not going to tell them, you know, and I'll
1:37.2	just kind of watch what I share.
1:39.7	But I looked out and I thought, you know, they look like a really bright group.
1:46.3	And I thought no matter what I say or leave out or change or whatever on their own, they
1:50.6	will figure out I am Catholic.
2:03.9	Y'all aren't even ready for what's going to happen up in here tonight.
2:08.8	I don't care what time you got up this morning, you're not ready.
2:14.7	It's impossible to say that it's the right thing to give me to be here with you now.
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