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Good evening, my name is Carl, I'm an alcoholic.

Enjoyed that sky, I don't know if I'm a good speaker, I'm just from farther away.

That's all that means, that's all that means in alcoholics, I want to thank Mark for

asking me to come here tonight, I want to thank my friend Rana and John for coming, John

came all the way up from Olympia to pick me up and bring me over here, so it's a big deal.

Anyway, I am, before I get going, I've just had a really profound 48 hours, I'm originally

from Seattle, both my parents are very dear.

And in the last 36 hours or so, 36, 48 hours, I've had some experiences that just have

made me profoundly grateful and they are just, I guess maybe some people think are everyday

experiences.

I was standing for the very first time in front of my mother's and father's grave together,

but I've been to my father's grave many times in the 20 years since he passed away, but

my mother passed away just before COVID, and they are now, they are buried together, and

for the very first time, I stood in front of both of them.

And then, this morning at 5 a.m., I was on a Zoom meeting where my sponsor, who just

took 54 years yesterday, was reading chapter 5.

And I don't know about you, but listening to your sponsor read chapter 5, just the voice,

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