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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day my name is dan i'm an adage alcohol

and uh you know i really don't know anything I have a great time and we mean the kids played about up until about

eight minutes before two you know so that shows you the way I plan things and we've been

having a great time and I think uh because of alcohol is anonymous and because of narcotic

anonymous and because of anonymous I uh I've learned how to be happy, joyous, and free.

And I get into arguments all the time because I always say that in the morning, my higher

power, I don't know about yours, all right?

My higher power gives me a job.

He says, Danny, your job is to be happy, joyous, and free today.

That's your job, see?

And he says, and I'll take care of everything else.

Now, I know that you guys probably have, like, you know, different

higher problem. I don't know what job yours gives you. You know, some of you, you know, your

higher power says, I want you to suffer all day, see. And, you know, and other people, I want you to, you're just going to be hard today.

Mind just wants me to be happy, joyous, and free.

You know, and so I thank God, you know, that I've got that kind of higher power, man.

Like, you know, like I beat myself to death getting here.

When I got here,

it's like now it's how to learn how to be happy, joyous, and free. They promised me when I got clean and sober, they said, Danny, if you stay clean and sober, your life will get progressively

better. It will get better and better and better. And it's unbelievable that like right now, see, my life is great, right now.

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