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We're supposed to talk about a primary purpose

and when I sat down to do some thinking about this. Well actually what happened was we've been traveling around the wonderful United States of America for the last several weeks around Black Hills and Yellowstone and stuff like that.

And I kind of got out of doing the dishes beside the camper because I told my good wife

that I had to get ready for this talk and being a good Alan on that she is. I sat under the ayeing and put together

some thoughts and I was going to share some lofty spiritual principles with you about the traditions and our primary purpose is to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers and bore you with some philosophical thought.

I don't know a lot of philosophical thoughts and I guess the only way that I can

share the primary purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous for me is to share it with you how

somebody shared it with me so I'm going to have to tell you a little bit about me I

guess so that's the only way I know about the primary purpose. I'd also like

to share with you a couple of dates that are important in my life and my non-alcoholic friend Mike

talked about one of the last night and the first dates June 10, 1935 and those of you in this room know what that date is.

That's the date when an old drunk name of Bill

was walking around the lobby of a hotel.

And he was lonesome and bored, and he was trying to stay sober.

And many of us in this room know about that.

And he knew he had this thought that if he were to walk into a bar that he heard the music

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