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Thanks, Fran.

Hi everybody.

My name is Lois S.

An alcoholic.

And I'm a member of the Greenwich Village group

in New York City, and it's probably the most off-wall

group in the entire fellowship. but solid.

I, like a lot of other speakers, have mentioned, there are several

was very excited when Marie called me and invited me to Hilton Head to share in the midwinter conference.

In fact, I was so excited that Thursday after work I went out and bought myself a new frock for the occasion and then spent the entire weekend worrying about whether I'd be able to get into it this morning because it just fit on Thursday and I mean just fit and I feel like a fluzy because it doesn't

just fit this morning and so that's what it's like to be the Sunday morning speaker at an event like this when you have ice cream bars two nights in a row and and seafood buffets.

Being the Sunday morning speaker is difficult for me.

I get invited to go to quite a few things because of working at the General Service Office,

not because I have working at the General Service Office, not because I have a fantastic story.

And when I'm the Sunday morning speaker, that means my anxiety bills all weekend long.

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