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recovered alcoholic i'm grateful to be back um what a cool panel i take any one of these guys back

to texas with me you know know, pack. Let's go.

So they gave their story, man on a Friday night, they gave their story to talk about it.

They're all just riddled with solution. How can you get any better than that?

You know, it's just the bomb. A couple of things real quick. Here's what I want to do.

We got a couple more hours to go. The breaks are

killing us because I know you guys are getting war out. So we're going to, we'll do a short hour and then we'll break real quick and try to get back in and we'll finish up the hour. So you guys, I know some of your time's constraint a little bit. Some of y'all are going to have to leave. don't worry about that guys because by the end the end of the day, a lot of you guys, you've got stuff to do and kids and things.

And, you know, I'm not going to take it personal if you get up and leave. If you get up and throw me a finger and then leave, I'll take it real personal. I'll take it real personal then. Yeah, I'll be worried about it. But y'all have been so good. So, well um some thoughts uh when the uh the the the panel we're talking

earlier uh i've been accused of being a step technician i might want to make one thing really clear

i think bill wilson when he wrote the big boat he got really clear about the steps and how

open and roomy they are i'm not really sure i really care how you work the steps. I know that comes

as a surprise to some of you. You know, the book is specific and precise, and I can appreciate that.

That's what it says. And I think my experience shows that the closer I can align myself to the way the book is

given me the information, the better I'm going to do. But I think we get, you know, is it the spirit of the law

or the letter of the law? You know, we get so critical about some of the way we do the work, and I think

it's open and rooming. You guys are not relapsing because you didn't do a four column or a three column

fourth step, you know. You got drunk because you didn't do a fourth step

you don't understand that you you didn't get loaded because you you didn't get on your knees to do a

sixth and seven-step prayer it's rubbish you you got you you got loaded because you didn't do a bunch of

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