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My name is Lila, and I'm an alcoholic.

Sorry. Anything cold, I start coughing. I just think I should have a cold.

I'm an alcoholic, so if I'm cold and there's snow, I should be sick.

I want to thank Wendy for picking me up at the airport

and for being so gracious.

And Alex, her son, for joining us.

When she picked me up, there was this big icicle hanging off the back of her car. I thought, oh, God. You know, because, of course, I'm looking out the window of the plane thinking, these weather forecasters have no clue, there's no rain, there's no snow, there's nothing happening here. Didn't have to have a coat and a scarf and, you know,

be all bundled up.

And of course, they saw the icicle and thought,

oh, yeah, interesting, this end of the country,

because, you know, each place I've been has had different weather.

And it's like within 10 minutes of each other.

I don't know how you do it up here.

I walked out of the hotel, and I thought, great, I'm not going to ruin the shoes.

And I get up here like minutes away.

And, you know, I can barely walk on the sidewalk without thinking of being hospitalized.

Anyway.

So, it takes me a minute to get started.

You know, the longer I'm sober, the quieter I get, slower I get.

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