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My name is Derek, and I'm an alcoholic.

And I'd like to thank Tamara S. for asking me out to share my experience, Finns and Hope.

And also for the topic, the dark night of

the soul, I thought that was an appropriate topic. Like I said, I'm Derek. I'm an alcoholic.

And what we do is we share in a general way what it was like, what happened and what it's

like today. Experience strength and hope. What it was like,

my experience. How did I get here? My experience, strength, and hope. My strength,

and hope. My strength. What happened? Today I find strength in what happened to me. At the time, I didn't.

But today I find strength in that. Experience strength and hope. What it was like, what happened

and what it's like today. The hope. The hope is that the life that I live today will be a reflection of Alcoholics Anonymous

and what this program has done for me and done in my life.

This is an amazing program.

And I say that based on my own experience and not somebody else's.

I love Alcoholics Anonymous and from what it's done for me.

And I'm sure it'll do the same for you if you give it a chance.

This program for me was not something that I looked for that I even wanted.

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