Hello and welcome to Silvercast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops in podcast

format.

We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting

silvercast.com, look for the donate link and drop a dollar to into our virtual basket.

We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.

My name is Ralph.

I am an alpha hauling and thank you T. I am I think I'm getting soft in my old age.

The slightest thing gets me to reach the introduction is it's cool but when Teresa talks about

me, it's so much that's there that's not on the screen.

This takes me right out of where I thought we were born.

I am, my sobriety date is October 11, 1986.

Although I have been accustomed to pads on the back, I had even been accustomed sometimes

to people looking up to me.

I had been accustomed to some accolades and and and building a story talked about here was

love applause.

I had had some of that as you know growing up.

I had been pretty badly mangled by drugs and I was 33 when I got here and I didn't know

if anybody, if I'd be welcome in anybody's life again and I didn't know if people would

look at me with respect again.

Some people say I don't know if people would look at me with respect.

I'm fortunate.

I had had the looks before.

...