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my name is buck and i'm an alcoholic how you all whenever i have the privilege speaking by the way

congratulations for what a great sober fest this 85 has been. I've had a great time, and it's a great privilege to be asked to talk at any time in AA, but particularly at a big festive occasion. I love it. And what I do when I talk is I do two things. I use as an outline

out preamble to the best of my ability so that I will remember that my primary purpose of

being up here is to keep buck-a-sober. And then, having achieved that,

to help the new person to find this program.

And a new person in my book is that person,

as we sort of stood up in treatment centers,

the first day, first week, first month, first year.

There have been some people that have been around AA longer than I have been in AA.

There's a little different.

So they're all new.

And get this spiritual program started.

That's the furthest out west I've ever been invited,

so maybe my favorite AA story will be all right.

However, Johnny Carson did get a hold of it one time

and published a national, ruined it.

But it goes like this

there was a

fellow that was talking

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