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My name is Jared, I'm a recovered alcoholic, thanks thanks so much you guys for having

me here.

To speak with you, it's always an honor and a privilege to get invited to speak anywhere

especially across the pond, even if it is on zoom and in my garage.

So I get, I start my timer here just in case, it looks like it synced up pretty good.

So I look back at my life and I take this topic because something that I live my life,

right, I live my life playing God.

Really this whole thing is about step three, but before that, let me give you guys a

little history.

I did the one, two, three shuffle for about 10 years in and out of the rooms, but really

I never made it past step one.

I had no idea what I was up against.

You guys know that N portion of how it works, where everybody robotically chants the last

line together, you know, and I did that for years and I had no idea about what it meant

or what I was supposed to do or anything and I mean, for even a good portion of that

time, I wasn't even sure if I was an alcoholic, I mean, you guys are the ones that helped

me find my truth so that I could diagnose myself and I think about that, like even that

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