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Thank you. My name is Matthew and I'm an alcoholic. I thought there were some more

meetings and workshops all relaxed. And then I spilled some ice water in my lap and

woke right up. Now it's so it's so good to be here. It's such an honor to be here.

I didn't know much about breast abuse. I didn't know it was the Colorado location

for the Texas relocation program and you're all in witness protection. But seriously,

I mean this morning I hiked with my son and some great people up to the peak you know

we went to the meeting and then we ziplined and I'm sunburned now and my legs hurt and

I need a powerpractor but I'm having a great time. And I'm not getting any of that.

But on a serious note I bought my son, he's 14 and he's the kind of 14 that comes with me

like this. And he doesn't want to be like me you know and he makes that real clear and

he's hard and hard. He's just difficult. And I've often questioned myself because I was

raised in a pretty serious religious environment. I went to private Catholic school.

My parents were die hard Irish Catholics. My dad went to church every day. And because

of some of the things that happened to me, because of that, I chose not to raise my kids in any

spiritual religious environment at all. And we do what you just read. We threw our

demonstration of our lives. It's fun to show them that. But I've had lots of

hangs that conscious about that. And I've questioned myself about that. I just want to say to

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