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Hi, my name is John Aminakahal and I'm really glad to be with you guys and glad that

you guys all show to do a 12 step call on me thanks for asking me to do something, it's

a big honor.

Like I'm different than John who just did such an eloquent job of talking about alcoholism

where you know I love to talk where he doesn't but it's the same thing, it's ego, it's

just the flip side of exactly the same coin and there's a great deal to talk about when

we talk about ego.

I really feel like in my experience that it is what starts off the alcoholism is that

is my ego's reaction to anything that's going on in the world.

So I'm a huge fan of Dr. Harry Tibo and for those of you who don't know that is, he was

a great benefactor about carcass anonymous, he was on the original board of trustees.

When he heard about what was happening in the 30s with AA, he owned a rehab and

they didn't have a lot of success with us back before AA and when he heard what was happening

with the spiritual solution, he came running to find out about it and he talks about in

the 12 and 12, I think it's on page 99 someone can correct me, they talk about a group

of professionals, doctors to the study of alcoholics and they came up with certain ideas

that we have much to the alcoholics of the times, resentment and chagrin that we have

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