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My name is Ralph B.

I'm an alcoholic.

And I would, uh, I'm going to do what the rest of the speakers have done, not because the rest of the speakers have done it, but because it's heartfelt, Mark and Dawn, but Mark, you had a vision.

And more important than having a vision, had the commitment and the balls to put something on in New York.

That's more in the notion to put something on in New York.

You guys sometimes out here pay a lot for a little, you know,

it's challenging, it's challenging. It's, you know, many people in here know what it is to be involved

and putting on anything in alcohol and it's anonymous and to do the work and a lot of times it feels like the

thank yous are why did you do it like this why didn't you do this why can you know and

but on behalf of at least this table up here and I'm gonna speak probably for most of the people who've been here, Mark, this has been a hell

of a weekend, you know.

You know, I'm...

I'm going to...

I'm reminded in Alcoholics Anonymous of what it is that we get the opportunity to do,

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