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saturday morning live group of alcoholics anonymous my name is sandy and i'm an alcoholic how you

are an alcoholic anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other,

that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership.

We're self-supporting for our own contributions.

A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution.

Does not wish to engage in any controversy. Neither endorses nor opposed as any causes.

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

And we have a lot of new people here today, and I'll just briefly mention that preamble

is a quick reminder of what this organization is and what everybody is doing here this morning.

And I've come to look at it as a very simple fact that we're able to do something as a group that none of us

was able to do on our own, and namely to stay sober and happy at the same time. And I'm one

who believes that this is an essential ingredient in long-term sobriety, and if you're in AA

and you're not happy, you're doing it wrong.

It's that simple, and it puts it on your back to figure that out and get a handle on this

program so that the power of it can come in because it's real hard to stay miserable and

sober for a long time. Eventually, it just runs out.

And we're in the next 45 minutes.

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