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My name is Shelley, I'm a recovered alcoholic.

Hi guys, that's not my name, I got married, anyway my sobriety date is July 14th of 2001

and I am unbelievably grateful for that because I am somebody who should have been dead

on July 14th of 2001.

And I was just sitting here thinking because I'm weepy and I am pregnant, I am seven

and a half months pregnant but I was weepy before this, I've been a crab baby my whole

life because I was dying of alcoholism when I got here, I was 22 years old and I was

physically dying of alcoholism.

So anytime I'm asked to share, I get really weepy because I'm a charity case and I was

just sitting here looking around the room thinking there are 700 people here who should

not be breathing today and so I have a lot to be grateful for and then all those things

Amanda said is that my life, I have a lot to be grateful for so most importantly I'm

grateful for my relationship with God and for that sobriety date and so I'm from Arkansas.

I want to just get that clear, I am I currently live in New Hampshire but I'm born and raised

in Little Rock, I got sober right here in Hot Springs and my heart is here and my heart

is here and so was my mommy.

So I was really really really really excited when Pete called and asked me if I would come

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