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My name is Danny, I'm an alcoholic.

And, you know what, I get very overwhelmed every time I'm asked to do anything for alcoholics anonymous.

I was at a meeting, and I gave this brilliant talk.

No, I did. I was like, wow, I even impressed myself.

And then I was talking to this newcomer, and he said, you know, the most important person in this meeting right now,

to me, and I said, who?

The greeter, the guy that greets me at the door, he really made me feel at home.

And I've been checking greeters lately, you know, see if they're on their job, you know.

And I love it because you know the people that are like really understand this program.

They're not like talking to a girl, saying, yeah, hi, I'm here, you're welcome.

They're not doing that. They're like, really, hey, hi, welcome. God, we're glad you're here.

You know, because when I'm not dressed like this, I still look like a newcomer, you know, I know.

And, you just keep coming. I will, you know.

And I honestly believe that once you've fallen in love with this program, with this alcoholics anonymous,

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