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Hi fellas.

My name is Sia and I am an alcoholic.

And, uh... and I am an alcoholic and can you hear me okay I really appreciate being invited up here I

actually think about this group from time to time.

I don't think it was too long ago I thought like,

so why hasn't Bob called me?

Isn't Bob going to call me?

And invite me back?

And Bob did call me and invited me up here and when we were confirming I said to him that when I think of you because I've met some of you in other rooms as well out on the AA road. I think of that thing Bill Wilson said, you know,

that there's an oasis here and it's great because it's a desert, you know, a veritable oasis.

You're a real bastion of sobriety and so it's wonderful to be here.

I would also like to welcome the newcomers.

I'm very glad you're here.

I don't know how you're feeling.

I didn't feel particularly well when I was new and but I

feel great and and it's worth the weight. What has happened for me is that I've been

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