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Hi everybody, I'm Judy

and I am a recovered alcoholic

and I am a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. For those of you who are new or who are counting days,

I've had a I've had deep and effective spiritual experiences as a result of what of doing the steps in this book and

so my sobriety date is February 5th, 2006, and I'm so so grateful to be here. I'm so grateful for anybody who's new.

I heard a couple of people talking about. They've

relapsed and they're back. You know, welcome back. I'm so grateful that you made

it back. This stuff really works. I mean, it really, really works. And it's not because I'm so proficient at doing the steps. It's not because I'm not because I'm

because, you know, know I might I'm an eloquent speaker and you've had me back here twice that's all none of that matters

this book is divinely inspired the matter who you are or where you've come from or what your story is or how many times you've relapsed

You can do this stuff and it will work.

It will always work because rarely have we seen a person fail who's followed this path

thoroughly, right?

And I, um, my sponsor always says time takes time you know I'm 18 years sober and and I and I and I know I remember

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