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Hi, everybody.

I'm Don.

I'm an alcoholic.

Absolutely delighted to be here.

I want to thank my host Lucas for that adequate introduction.

I want to thank Tony in the committee for the kind invitation to be here this weekend, and Tony called me and she said,

your host Lucas will be calling you any day, and November went by, and December went by, and when he got around the column, I said,

we'll just see you at the conference, young man.

No, and he's a great guy, and thank you for taking such a good care of me and I lean, and thank you for everybody who stopped to say hello

and shake hands and make me feel comfortable.

You know, when I get out of town, I get a little weird when I'm out of my A-A backyard, you know, in my home group with my guys doing my thing.

You get me on the road among a lot of people.

I forget that we're all the same in alcoholics, anonymous, and you're as twisted and messed up as I am, because I always, I get in a room like this,

I go, God, they just, they must have that other program, because they look better than me.

You know, and your head starts working on you, and I'll tell you about my home group.

You know, it's the SOS Men's Group, it's in Bellingham, Washington, and we meet on Monday and Wednesday nights at seven o'clock, and it's a terrific meeting.

It's a third-legacy group, and there's a lot of young guys in that group, you know, getting sober and staying sober and sponsoring each other,

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