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I'm an alcoholic, my name's Kathy.

I'm a woman.

Is that whistling?

Can y'all hear that?

I have control.

How's that a little better?

Like I said, I'm an alcoholic, my name's Kathy Burns. I want to thank the committee for allowing me the honor to share my experience with you tonight.

I love Ocean Front Conference and I hate I missed with you

I love Ocean Front Conference and I hate I missed the tent one that was her what I heard was the fun one and I missed that one

but I like being here and I have a lot of friends here. I've met a lot of new people and some of the people I've met here come down to North Carolina sometime and I think that's just awesome.

You know, and Alcoholics Anonymous is absolutely the most wonderful thing this ever happened in my entire life and I love what it's done to me and for me.

You know, I am nothing like I was before I found the program of Alcoholics

Anonymous and I thank you for that. You know, I love the theme of the conference,

spiritual awakening, because that's what I've had you know I've had little change in attitudes that has allowed me to learn to live happy joyous and free and saw my skin without something else to cover it up and I am so grateful for that. I've looked for you all my life and I don't want to go anywhere. I want to go anywhere. I want to be right here. And if you're new, what I share from

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