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Have a great day. to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the

wisdom to know that it is.

You know this is our regular Friday night open meeting of alcoholics in Beverly Hills on Wilshire and today is what?

November 15th, right?

1996.

I gotta get it on a tape, so it says this later on,

and we play it, I know it's tape as which.

Well, you know, this meeting here is, was in the prime time we talk about

birthday cakes, how important they are.

But, you know, I have to say anyway, myself, but birthday cakes, how important they are.

And it's not the cake, candles what they represent you know because

the candles don't the the first one my first birthday I didn't want it you, and I didn't take it until three months later.

But through the years I've realized a great deal about Penn Candles what they do represent, you know, what they do show just like tonight,

whether the cheers or mine doesn't make any difference, because at first it was like a hardship

and it was like coming from hell, you know, really, and then coming into a world that turned into a beautiful world, turned into a world,

world like Ted was mentioning there.

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