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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day my name is Terry I'm an alcoholic

this is pretty cool to be out here you know what I mean to do anything for Alcoholics Anonymous

it's it blows my mind you know what I mean this isn do anything for Alcoholics Anonymous is, it blows my mind.

You know what I mean? This isn't the first time that I've gotten to speak in a meeting or the

first time that I've been a part of a big committee or something FickyPie related.

But every time that it happens, I get like brief glimpses of gratitude, you know what I mean?

And getting dressed, you know, getting ready to come out here with, you know, my closest friends.

I get that gratitude again, you know what I mean?

That's not something that I'm wired up with, you know.

But I got sober July 20th, 2009.

My home group is the Tampa Young People's Group.

We meet Thursday nights over at 500 West Platte Street in Tampa.

7.30 p.m.

You got two speakers.

We have cookies, coffee, tea, lemonade.

You know, it's a beautiful thing that goes on over there.

And I've got a sponsor.

I have the privilege of sponsor and other guys.

All my sponsorsies are here with me tonight, which is pretty neat. You know what I mean? These are guys that all three of them. When I

met them, I was scared to talk to them. You know what I mean? Scared to 12-step. And really what I found

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