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basket we hope you enjoyed the podcast have a great day thanks becky i'm dave i'm an alcoholic

i think i'll end now actually get a round of applause at the beginning that's uh it's downhill

from now i'm guest for, but thanks for asking me.

I'm pleased to be here and I'm pleased and very grateful to be clean and sober today.

It's always a pleasure to be asked to do any kind of service in AA.

And if it's within my power to do what I'm asked to do, I will do that.

You know, I've found the benefits of AA in my life

over the years that I've been sober to be immense, really.

And what it provides me with today, you know, I haven't had a drink for 13 years.

You know, I don't think necessarily I'm going to have a drink today.

But what it provides me with is a perfect vehicle to get out of self.

You know, I can come here and AA gives me a vehicle, a structure in my life,

to be able to try and help somebody else,

and as a result of that, ease my self-centeredness.

And it seems to work perfectly as that vehicle.

You know, I've, in the years that I've been coming, I've found no good reason to leave.

You know, I like people do leave, you know, and people do different things and stuff like that,

and what other people do is entirely up to them. But I've stayed and I enjoy it. So today, I mean, you're three hours of me talking, which is a long time, you know. And one of the questions you get asked by newer people is, you know, how on earth do you find things to talk about three hours? And then when you get around, to be around as long as I have, you think, well, actually, I need to cut some bits out.

And, yeah, like a lot of AAs, I guess, you know, I can talk a lot.

And those of you that know me will attest to that, I'm sure.

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