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Hi everybody, I'm Max from an alcoholic.

It is good to be here, Jerry, thank you so much for having me.

All right, it is not a name for a home group, okay?

I don't know if I want to get in the full story because it might be a little boring.

I live in Chicago, the name of my home groups, the California group is started by a guy who

went to California, found the Pacific group, moved back here to become a radio DJ, found

out that there was already a group called the Pacific group, but at that Pacific group

you didn't have to wear a coat and tie to speak, so it made him really angry.

So he started the California group.

And I actually will discuss that gentleman later on, but I am happy to be here.

I got to tell you, I get the sensation that, especially in Chicago, we're getting a little

closer and closer to being back together in the rooms of alcoholics and animals and being

around each other.

And I'm really looking forward to that and full disclosure because, you know, we're supposed

to be honest with one another.

I remember, like it was yesterday, when I got the phone call, hey, there's some sickness

going around for some reason they want to close the church, and I was like, great, I could

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